Multivariate statistical integration of satellite infrared and microwave radiometric measurements for rainfall retrieval at the geostationary scale

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1018-1032

  Marzano, Frank Silvio ^a   Palmacci, Massimo ^a   Cimini, Domenico ^a   Giuliani, Graziano ^a   Turk, Francis Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data fusion; Infrared radiometry; Microwave radiometry; Rainfall estimation; Satellite meteorology; Sensor synergy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

DATA FUSION; INFRARED RADIOMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RAINFALL ESTIMATION; SATELLITE METEOROLOGY; SENSOR SYNERGY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 2642556252     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.820312     Document Type: Article

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