The advantages and disadvantages of statistically derived-empirically calibrated passive microwave algorithms for rainfall estimation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1576-1582

  Kidd, C ^a,b   Kniveton, D ^a   Barrett, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE SENSING; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; SATELLITE SENSING;

EID: 0031688635     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1576:TAADOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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