Rainfall retrieval over the ocean with spaceborne W-band radar

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Haynes, John M ^a   L'Ecuyer, Tristan S ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^a   Miller, Steven D ^b   Mitrescu, Cristian ^c   Wood, Norman B ^a   Tanelli, Simone ^d  

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

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; DROPS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; ICE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLOUD PROFILING RADARS; CLOUDSAT; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; EXTINCTION CHARACTERISTICS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; ICE CRYSTALS; LIQUID WATER; MELTING LAYERS; MIE THEORY; MONTE CARLO MODELING; OCEAN SURFACES; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION RATES; RADAR BACKSCATTER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPACE-BORNE; SURFACE WIND SPEED; W-BAND RADAR;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BACKSCATTER; CLOUDSAT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; ICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIE THEORY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 66949112174     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009973     Document Type: Article

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