Validation and intercomparison of SSM/I rain-rate retrieval methods over the continental United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 679-700

  Conner, Mark D ^a   Petty, Grant W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SATELLITE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032457158     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0679:VAIOSI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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