Rain observations by a multifrequency dual-polarized radiometer

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-358

  Battaglia, Alessandro ^a   Saavedra, Pablo ^a   Simmer, Clemens ^a   Rose, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ground based remote sensing; Microwave radiometry; Radiative transfer; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

3-D STRUCTURES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DUAL-POLARIZED; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MOBILE FACILITIES; MULTI FREQUENCIES; NON-SPHERICAL PARTICLES; POLARIZATION DIFFERENCES; POLARIZATION SIGNALS; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATIONS; QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; RAIN RADARS; RAINFALL; RAYLEIGH; VERTICAL POLARIZATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

RAIN;

EID: 65049089848     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2009.2013484     Document Type: Article

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