Physical and microwave radiative properties of precipitating clouds. Part I: Principal component analysis of observed multichannel microwave radiances in tropical stratiform rainfall

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2105-2114

  Petty G W , ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; STORMS;

TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

MICROWAVES;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SSM-I; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 0035693191     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<2105:pamrpo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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