An over-ocean precipitation retrieval using SSM/I multichannel brightness temperatures

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 617-637

  Aonashi, Kazumasa ^a   Shibata, Akira ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

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EID: 0041049229     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.5_617     Document Type: Article

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