Global oceanic precipitation derived from TOPEX and TMR: Climatology and variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3888-3904

  Chen, Ge ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Fang, Chaoyang ^a   Han, Yong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; RAIN;

SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DETECTION METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0346687453     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3888:GOPDFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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