Comparison of TRMM precipitation radar and airborne radar data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 769-774

  Durden, S L ^a   Im, E ^a   Haddad, Z S ^a   Li, L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DATA REDUCTION; MOISTURE; RAIN;

AIRBORNE RADAR;

RADAR;

DATA ACQUISITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR; RAINFALL; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0037930238     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0769:COTPRA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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