Spatial correlation of beam-filling error in microwave rain-rate retrievals

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1101-1106

  North, Gerald R ^a   Polyak, Ilya ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2142823206     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<1101:SCOBFE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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