Assessment of the effects of drop size distribution variations retrieved from UHF radar on passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-165

  Mckague, Darren ^a   Evans, K Franklin ^a   Avery, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DOPPLER RADAR; DROP BREAKUP; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTIES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DOPPLER RADAR; DROP SIZE; PRECIPITATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, DARWIN;

EID: 0032004311     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0155:AOTEOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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