Millimeter-wave precipitation retrievals and observed-versus-simulated radiance distributions: Sensitivity to assumptions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3808-3826

  Surussavadee, Chinnawat ^a   Staelin, David H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; GEOSTATIONARY MICROWAVE; MILLIMETER-WAVE PRECIPITATION RETRIEVALS; OBSERVED-VERSUS-SIMULATED RADIANCE DISTRIBUTIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MIXING RATIO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

EID: 37249089464     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2006JAS2045.1     Document Type: Article

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