Improved physically based oceanic rainfall algorithm from AMSR-E data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1332-1340

  Jin, Kyoung Wook ^a,b   Hong, Sung Wook ^c   Weitz, Richard ^d   Wilheit, Thomas ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth Observing System (AMSR E) (EOS); Microwave remote sensing; Precipitation; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

EID: 34247500493     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.894931     Document Type: Article

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