Validation of TRMM precipitation radar through comparison of its multiyear measurements with ground-based radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 804-817

  Liao, Liang ^a   Meneghini, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL BASIS; CONDITIONAL MEANS; CONDITIONAL RAIN; CONVECTIVE RAIN; CONVECTIVE STORMS; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; FLORIDA; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED RADAR; HEAVY RAINS; MULTI-YEAR MEASUREMENTS; POSITIVE BIAS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADAR REFLECTIVITY FACTOR; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL RATES; RESAMPLE; SPACE-BORNE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UNCONDITIONAL BASIS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

CALIBRATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; STORMS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DOPPLER RADAR; ERROR CORRECTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SIR;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67549149204     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1974.1     Document Type: Article

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