Use of the surface reference technique for path attenuation estimates from the TRMM precipitation radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 12 PART 1, 2000, Pages 2053-2070

  Meneghini, R ^a   Iguchi, T ^a   Kozu, T ^a   Liao, L ^a   Okamoto, K ^a   Jones, J A ^a   Kwiatkowski, J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 0034465948     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<2053:uotsrt>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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