Variations in the convective rain fraction observed by the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR)

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2012-2016

  Kelley, Owen A ^a   Stout, John ^a   Kwiatkowski, John ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

CONVECTIVE RAIN FRACTION; CONVECTIVE RAIN RATE; PRECIPITATION RADAR; TOTAL RAIN RATE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036400826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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