An exploratory study to derive precipitation over land from X-band synthetic aperture radar measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 562-575

  Weinman, James A ^a   Marzano, F S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CLOUDS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; SATELLITES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

CLOUD MODELS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATIONS; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; MEDITERRANEAN BASINS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTIONS; SCIENCE COMMUNITIES; SHUTTLE MISSIONS; SPACE BORNE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 56849090516     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1663.1     Document Type: Article

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