A new look at the diurnal variation of global oceanic precipitation from the ocean topography experiment (TOPEX) and the TOPEX microwave radiometer (TMR)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 171-180

  Chen, G ^a,b   Chapron, B ^b   Tournadre, J ^b   Katsaros, K ^b   Vandemark, D ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RAIN;

DIURNAL VARIATION; NON SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT;

REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; DIURNAL VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; GLOBAL OCEANIC PRECIPITATION; OCEANIC PRECIPITATION; REMOTE SENSING; TMR; TOPEX;

EID: 0031953711     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698216495     Document Type: Article

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