Detectable rain range of spaceborne Ka-band radar estimated from TRMM precipitation radar data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1878-1885

  Adhikari, Nanda Bikram ^a   Nakamura, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ATTENUATION; FREQUENCIES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

SPACEBORNE RAIN RADARS;

RAIN;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0036872056     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<1878:DRROSK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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