Rain height information from TRMM precipitation radar

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1059-1061

  Thurai, M ^a   Iguchi, T ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN;

PRECIPITATION RADAR;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 0033687347     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000769     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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