Rain retrieval from TMI brightness temperature measurements using a TRMM PR-based database

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-466

  Viltard, Nicolas ^a   Burlaud, Corinne ^a   Kummerow, Christian D ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MICROWAVE IMAGER; PRECIPITATION RADAR; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATABASE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RAINFALL;

EID: 33646588693     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2346.1     Document Type: Article

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