Differences of rainfall estimates over Land by Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR) and TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) - Dependence on storm height

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-382

  Furuzawa, Fumie A ^a   Nakamura, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVES; RAIN; STORMS;

PRECIPITATION RADAR; PRECIPITATION RATE; RAIN ESTIMATION; RAINFALL ESTIMATES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 17844393892     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM-2200.1     Document Type: Article

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