The combination of a passive microwave based satellite rainfall estimation algorithm with an IR based algorithm

Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 397-401

  Joyce, Robert ^a   Janowiak, John E ^b   Arkin, Phillip A ^c   Xie, Pingping ^b  

^a RS Information System Inc   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED FREQUENCY; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; RAINFALL ESTIMATION; TEMPORAL DISTANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

EID: 24044513267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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