Beamfilling errors in passive microwave rainfall retrievals

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 356-370

  Kummerow, Christian ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; TOGA-COARE; MICROWAVE SENSING;

EID: 0031597528     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0356:BEIPMR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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