Preliminary Results of TRMM: Part I, A Comparison of PR with Ground Observations

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 13-19

  Oki, Riko ^a   Furukawa, Kinji ^a   Shimizu, Shuji ^a   Suzuki, Yasushi ^b   Satoh, Shinsuke ^c   Hanado, Hiroshi ^c   Okamoto, Ken'ichi ^c   Nakamura, Kenji ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Remote Sensing Technol Ctr Japan   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; TROPICS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIRBORNE RADAR; GROUND-BASED RADAR; PRECIPITATION RADAR;

RAIN;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032317183     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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