Path-averaged rainfall estimation using microwave links: Uncertainty due to spatial rainfall variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Berne, Alexis ^a   Uijlenhoet, R ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROWAVE LINKS; POLARIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RAIN RATE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

RAIN;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250788695     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029409     Document Type: Article

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