Comparisons of reflectivities from the TRMM precipitation radar and ground-based radars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 857-875

  Wang, Jianxin ^a,b   Wolff, David B ^a  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; AUSTRALIA; CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM; CONVECTIVE RAIN; FLORIDA; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; GROUND BASED RADAR; GROUND VALIDATIONS; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; HOUSTON , TEXAS; OFFSET VALUES; PRECIPITATION RADAR; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RESAMPLING; SPACE-BORNE; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL RAIN; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

CALIBRATION; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CALIBRATION; COORDINATE; DATA PROCESSING; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

EID: 67651243102     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1175.1     Document Type: Article

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