Spaceborne rainfall doppler radar measurements: Correction of errors induced by pointing uncertainties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4894, Issue , 2003, Pages 230-239

  Im, Eastwood ^a   Tanelli, Simone ^a   Mascelloni, Roberto ^b   Facheris, Luca ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; Spaceborne weather radar

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; ERRORS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATING FREQUENCIES; CLOUD-RESOLVING NUMERICAL MODEL; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; CORRECTION TECHNIQUES; DOPPLER; DOPPLER PRECIPITATION RADARS; SPACE-BORNE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1342323904     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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