AIRS/AMSU/HSB precipitation estimates

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 410-417

  Chen, Frederick W ^a   Staelin, David H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Measurement; Microwave propagation; Microwave radiometry; Precipitation; Rain rate; Remote sensing; Weather satellite

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MICROWAVE PROPAGATION;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0037598875     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808322     Document Type: Article

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