SSM/I rain retrievals within a unified all-weather ocean algorithm

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1613-1627

  Wentz, Frank J ^a   Spencer, Roy W ^b  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; MICROWAVE SENSING; RADIOMETER; RAINFALL; SATELLITE; SSM/I;

EID: 0031669878     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1613:SIRRWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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