Quantifying global uncertainties in a simple microwave rainfall algorithm

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-37

  Kummerow, Christian ^a   Berg, Wesley ^a   Thomas Stahle, Jody ^a   Masunaga, Hirohiko ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY;

GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES; MICROWAVE RAINFALL ALGORITHM; PRECIPITATION RADAR;

RAIN;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY; RAIN;

ALGORITHM; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RAINFALL;

EID: 33644770969     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1827.1     Document Type: Article

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