Suppression of surface clutter interference with precipitation measurements by spaceborne precipitation radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1324-1331

  Tagawa, Tetsuya ^a,b   Hanado, Hiroshi ^a,b   Okamoto, Ken'ichi ^a,c   Kozu, Toshiaki ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Osaka City University   (Japan)

^d SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Global precipitation measurement; Ground clutter; Spaceborne Precipitation Radar (PR); Suppression of surface clutter; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; GROUND CLUTTER; SPACEBORNE PRECIPITATION RADAR (PR); SURFACE CLUTTER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR SYSTEMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 34247548447     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.894580     Document Type: Article

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