First results of the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) monthly oceanic rain rate: Comparison with SSM/I

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2379-2382

  Chang, A T C ^a   Chiu, L S ^a,c   Kummerow, C ^a   Meng, J ^a,d   Wilheit, T T ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE SENSORS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; STATISTICS; WEATHER SATELLITES; MICROWAVE SENSORS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; SAMPLING;

RAIN RATES; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION MICROWAVE IMAGER;

RAIN;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

COLUMNAR WATER VAPORS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LAYER THICKNESS; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

EID: 0033405681     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900452     Document Type: Article

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