Nonuniform beamfilling correction for spaceborne radar rainfall measurement: Implications from TOGA COARE radar data analysis

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 11 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1722-1735

  Kozu, Toshiaki ^a,b   Iguchi, Toshio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ERROR CORRECTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 0033493192     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1722:nbcfsr>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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