Vertical profiling of precipitation using passive microwave observations: The main impediment and a proposed solution

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Haddad, Ziad S ^a   Park, Kyung Won ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN GAGES;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CO-LOCATED; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; LIQUID WATER; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; NEAR-SURFACE; PARTIAL SURFACES; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION RATES; RADAR PROFILES; RAIN RATES; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; SEA SURFACES; TRAINING METHODS; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL PROFILING; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADAR; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA SURFACE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 66449088588     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010744     Document Type: Article

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