Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part I: Development of a model-based algorithm

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1095-1113

  Shige, Shoichi ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^b   Tao, Wei Kuo ^c   Johnson, Daniel E ^c,d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODELS (CRM); SPECTRAL LATENT HEATING (SLH); SPECTRAL RETRIEVAL;

METEOROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 4444334314     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<1095:SROLHP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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