Estimation of path-integrated attenuation and its nonuniformity from TRMM/PR range profile data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3276-3283

  Takahashi, Nobuhiro ^a   Hanado, Hiroshi ^b   Iguchi, Toshio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonuniform beam filling (NUBF); Surface echo; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ATTENUATION; DATA REDUCTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

NONUNIFORM BEAM FILLING (NUBF); PATH INTEGRATED ATTENUATION (PIA); SURFACE ECHO; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

RAIN;

EID: 33750844985     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.876295     Document Type: Article

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