Validation of rain-rate estimation in hurricanes from the stepped frequency microwave radiometer: Algorithm correction and error analysis

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 252-267

  Jiang, Haiyan ^a,b,c   Black, Peter G ^d   Zipser, Edward J ^a   Marks Jr , Frank D ^d   Uhlhorn, Eric W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

LINEAR REGRESSION; RAIN RATE ESTIMATION; STEPPED FREQUENCY MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; WIND SPEED;

HURRICANES;

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

ALGORITHM; ERROR CORRECTION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY;

EID: 33244473305     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3605.1     Document Type: Article

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