Systems engineering analysis of a TRMM PR-like rainfall retrieval algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 426-434

  Rose, C R ^b   Chandrasekar, V ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution (DSD) retrieval; Retrieval algorithms; Sensitivity analysis; Spaceborne retrieval; Systems engineering; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD) RETRIEVAL; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SPACEBORNE RETRIEVAL; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

RAIN;

EID: 33846629952     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.886191     Document Type: Article

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