Rainfall algorithms for AMSR-E

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-214

  Wilheit, Thomas ^a   Kummerow, Christian D ^b   Ferraro, Ralph ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Natl Oceanic/Atmosph Admin   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometer; Rain

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTH (PLANET); MICROWAVE DEVICES; RAIN; SCANNING; HYDROMETERS; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; SCATTERING;

HYDROMETEORS;

RADIOMETERS; RAIN;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS); INSTRUMENTAL CALIBRATION ERRORS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RAINFALL ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0038613094     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808312     Document Type: Review

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