On rainfall retrieval using polarization-corrected temperatures

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 981-996

  Kidd, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Universities Space Research Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

RAINFALL RATE DETERMINATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; POLARIZATION CORRECTED TEMPERATURE; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SSM/I;

EID: 0032030019     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215829     Document Type: Article

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