Precipitation profile retrievals using temperature-sounding microwave observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Bauer, Peter ^a   Mugnai, Alberto ^b  

^a EuropeanCtrMed RangeWthrForecasts   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microwave; Precipitation; Retrieval; Sounding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HURRICANE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1342291013     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003572     Document Type: Article

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