Rainfall sensitivity analyses for the HSB sounder: An Amazon case study

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3529-3545

  Lima, W F A ^a   Machado, L A T ^a   Morales, C A ^b   Viltard, N ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EDDINGTON METHOD;

RAIN;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; WATER VAPOR;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547689599     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601013526     Document Type: Article

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