The evolution of the Goddard profiling algorithm (GPROF) for rainfall estimation from passive microwave sensors

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1801-1820

  Kummerow, C ^a   Hong, Y ^a   Olson, W S ^a   Yang, S ^a   Adler, R F ^a   McCollum, J ^a   Ferraro R , ^a   Petty, G ^a   Shin, D B ^a   Wilheit, T T ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; HYDROMETERS; IMAGE SENSORS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

GODDARD PROFILING ALGORITHM (GPROF); MICROWAVE SENSORS;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SSM-I;

EID: 0035509041     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1801:TEOTGP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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