Retrieval of precipitation profiles from multiresolution, multifrequency active and passive microwave observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-575

  Grecu, Mircea ^a,b   Olson, William S ^a,b   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER RESOLUTION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM); WATER CONTENT;

METEOROLOGY;

DROPLET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 2342470636     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0562:ROPPFM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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