Correction of three-dimensional effects for passive microwave remote sensing of convective clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1619-1632

  Bauer, P ^a,c   Schanz, L ^a   Roberti, L ^b  

^a Deutsche Forsch Anst F Luft R   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ERROR CORRECTION;

EID: 0032994652     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1619:COTDEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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