A microwave infrared threshold technique to improve the GOES precipitation index

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 569-579

  Xu, Liming ^a   Gao, Xiaogang ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a   Arkin, Phillip A ^b   Imam, Bisher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GOES; INFRARED IMAGERY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0032824040     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0569:AMITTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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