Evaluating the effect of rain on SeaWinds scatterometer measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Draper, David W ^a   Long, David G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rain estimation; Scatterometry; SeaWinds

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SCATTERING; SCATTEROMETER;

EID: 2342555604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001741     Document Type: Article

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