Development and application of a visible-infrared rain flag for scatterometer data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 665-676

  Grassotti, Christopher ^a   Leidner, S Mark ^a   Louis, Jean François ^a   Hoffman, Ross N ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; METHODOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SCATTEROMETER; SSM-I;

EID: 0032716856     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0665:DAAOAV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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