Microwave link dual-wavelength measurements of path-average attenuation for the estimation of drop size distributions and rainfall

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 760-770

  Rincon, Rafael F ^b   Lang, Roger H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative rainfall; Distribution; Drop size; DSD; Rain rate

Indexed keywords

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RAIN GAGES;

RAIN;

EID: 0036544340     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.1006324     Document Type: Article

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