An application of brightness temperature received from a ground-based microwave radiometer to estimation of precipitation occurrences and rainfall intensity

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-69

  Won, Hye Young ^a   Kim, Yeon Hee ^a   Lee, Hee Sang ^a  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brightness temperature (TB); KEOP; Microwave radiometer (MWR); Precipitation occurrences; Rainfall intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549159968     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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