A statistical modeling approach to passive microwave rainfall retrieval

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-154

  Smith, Douglas M ^a,c   Kniveton, Dominic R ^b   Barrett, Eric C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; MODELLING; RADAR; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SSM/I;

EID: 0031806373     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0135:ASMATP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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