Bayesian retrieval of complete posterior PDFs of oceanic rain rate from microwave observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1073-1095

  Chiu, J Christine ^a,c   Petty, Grant W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ALGORITHM; SURFACE RAIN RATE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM) MICROWAVE IMAGER;

RAIN GAGES;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEAN; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749406880     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2392.1     Document Type: Article

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