Bayesian estimation of precipitating cloud parameters from combined measurements of spaceborne microwave radiometer and radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 596-613

  Marzano, Frank Silvio ^a   Mugnai, Alberto ^a   Panegrossi, Giulia ^b   Pierdicca, Nazzareno ^b   Smith, Eric A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric remote sensing; Microwave radiometry; Space based radar; Spaceborne precipitation retrieval

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

BAYESIAN INVERSION ALGORITHMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032759406     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.739124     Document Type: Article

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