The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sensor package

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 809-817

  Kummerow, Christian ^a   Barnes, William ^a   Kozu, Toshiaki ^b   Shiue, James ^a   Simpson, Joanne ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADIOMETER; RAINFALL; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032413467     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0809:TTRMMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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