Subpixel-scale variability of rainfall and its application to mitigate the beam-filling problem

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Varma, Atul K ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^a   Noh, Yoo Jeong ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional rain cover; PR; Probability distribution function; Rainfall; TRMM

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 10244266352     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004968     Document Type: Article

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