Toward a fully parametric retrieval of the nonraining parameters over the global oceans

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1599-1618

  Elsaesser, Gregory S ^a   Kummerow, Christian D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE SENSORS; MICROWAVES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SENSORS;

CLOUD PROPERTIES; DETECTION SCHEMES; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETER RETRIEVALS; GLOBAL OCEANS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE WINDOWS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; OPTIMIZED ALGORITHMS; PARAMETRIC RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PHYSICAL RETRIEVALS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SENSOR CHANNELS; SIMULATED RADIANCES; SPACE BORNE; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; GLOBAL OCEAN; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 57649142969     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1712.1     Document Type: Article

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