Potential of X-band spaceborne synthetic aperture radar for precipitation retrieval over land

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3694-3697

  Marzano, F S ^a   Poccia, G ^a   Cantelmi, R ^a   Pierdicca, N ^a   Weinman, J A ^b   Chandrasekar, V ^c   Mugnai, A ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inverse model; Rainfall; Satellite; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MISSION (GPM); HYDROMETEORS; INVERSE MODELS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS;

COST REDUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND USE; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SATELLITES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 56849105373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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