Remote sensing of precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau using the TRMM microwave imager

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1381-1392

  Yao, Z ^a   Li, W ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Zhao, B ^a   Chen, Y ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Meteorology Science   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; TERBIUM;

STRATIFORM RAIN AREAS;

METEOROLOGY;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE LAYER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0035416432     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1381:RSOPOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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