Rain area delineation by means of multispectral cloud characterization from satellite

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2008, Pages 43-47

  Torricella, F ^a   Cattani, E ^a   Levizzani, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE;

EID: 47249134921     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-17-43-2008     Document Type: Article

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