A novel solid-state, dual-polarized, dual wavelength precipitation doppler radar / radiometer

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Carswell, James ^a   Bidwell, Steven ^b   Meneghini, Robert ^b  

^a 248 E Foothill Blvd   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; GPM; Precipitation; Radar

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIVES; DOPPLER; DUAL-POLARIZED; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; ECONOMIC WEALTH; GLOBAL SCALE; GPM; POWERFUL SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; RESOURCE MOBILIZATION;

DOPPLER RADAR; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NASA; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

EID: 67649829709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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