Correlation of precipitation estimates from spaceborne passive microwave sensors and weather radar imagery for BALTEX PIDCAP

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 723-739

  Bennartz, R ^a   Michelson, D B ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MICROWAVES; POLARIZATION; RADAR; SATELLITES; SCATTERING;

SURFACE PRECIPITATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; SCATTERING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0037455739     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116021000029055     Document Type: Article

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