Validation of rainfall estimates from the TRMM precipitation radar and microwave imager using a radiative transfer model: 1. Comparison of the version-5 and -6 products

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Shige, S ^a   Sasaki, H ^a   Okamoto, K ^a   Iguchi, T ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; PRECIPITATION RADAR (PR); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

RADAR;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EL NINO; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAINFALL;

EID: 33845634659     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026350     Document Type: Article

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