Accuracy verification of spaceborne radar estimates of rain rate

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-6

  Amitai, E ^a,b   Liao, L ^a,c   Llort, X ^d   Meneghini, R ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Caelum Research Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ground based radar; Probability distribution; Rain type classification; Rainfall intensity; Spaceborne radar; TRMM; Validation

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 20444499514     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.82     Document Type: Article

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