Detailed analysis of the error associated with the rainfall retrieved by the NOAA//NESDIS special sensor microwave/imager algorithm 2. Rainfall over land

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Ferraro, Ralph ^a   Li, Qihang ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Error; Microwave; Rainfall; Satellite; SSM I

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448985695     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001172     Document Type: Article

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