Evaluation of coincident passive microwave rainfall estimates using TRMM PR and ground measurements as references

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3170-3187

  Lin, Xin ^a,b   Hou, Arthur Y ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-B; AQUA SATELLITES; CROSS-TRACK SCANNING; CURRENT GENERATIONS; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; GROUND RADARS; HUMIDITY SOUNDERS; IMAGERS; IMAGERS AND SOUNDERS; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSORS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION RADARS; RAIN INTENSITIES; RAIN RATES; RAIN RETRIEVALS; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE MISSIONS; SCANNING RADIOMETERS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SURFACE RADARS; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; TEMPORAL SAMPLINGS; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL LAND AREAS; TROPICAL OCEANS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

GAGES; IMAGE SENSORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SCANNING; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SSM-I;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249105588     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1893.1     Document Type: Article

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