Extension of GPM dual-frequency iterative retrieval method with USD-profile constraint

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 328-335

  Rose, C R ^a,b   Chandrasekar, V ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution (DSD) estimation; Global precipitation measurement (GPM); Retrieval algorithms

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE REGION; DROP-SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD) ESTIMATION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT (GPM); RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SATELLITES;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 31344470172     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.861410     Document Type: Article

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