Onboard surface detection algorithm for TRMM precipitation radar

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E83-B, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2021-2030

  Kozu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rain radar; Spaceborne radar; Surface tracking; TRMM

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ONBOARD SURFACE DETECTION ALGORITHMS; SPACEBORN RADARS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034271296     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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