Physically based statistical integration of TRMM microwave measurements for precipitation profiling

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Di Michele, Sabatino ^a   Marzano, Frank S ^b   Mugnai, Alberto ^a   Tassa, Alessandra ^a   Poiares Baptista, José Pedro V ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometer; Precipitation radar; Rainfall; TRMM

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETRY;

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0042371313     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002636     Document Type: Article

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