Microphysical cross validation of spaceborne radar and ground polarimetric radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 10 PART I, 2003, Pages 2153-2165

  Chandrasekar, V ^a   Bolen, Steven M ^b   Gorgucci, Eugenio ^c  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polarimetric radar; Precipitation; Space based radar; Tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; REFLECTION;

GAMMA DISTRIBUTION MODEL; GROUND POLARIMETRIC RADAR; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SPACEBORNE RADAR; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 0242386570     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.817186     Document Type: Article

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