The TropSat mission: An observatory for mesoscale convective system processes in the global tropics

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Long, David G ^a   Milliff, Ralph ^b   Rodriguez, Ernesto ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b CORA Division ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL BEAM; DUAL-BAND; GLOBAL TROPICS; GROUND BASED; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; KU-BAND; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MICROWAVE SYSTEMS; MISSION CONCEPTS; MULTIPLE POLARIZATIONS; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; POST PROCESSING; RAIN RATES; SATELLITE MISSION; SEAWINDS; SURFACE WINDS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TROPICAL OCEAN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INNOVATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RAIN; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; TROPICS;

STORMS;

EID: 69949084237     PISSN: 10975659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2009.4977098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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