A differential attenuation based algorithm for estimating precipitation from dual-wavelength spaceborne radar

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 697-705

  Grecu, Mircea ^a   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPACEBORNE RADAR;

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; RADAR; RAIN;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 11144244805     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m04-036     Document Type: Article

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