Uncertainties in the rain profiling algorithm for the trmm precipitation radar

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87 A, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-30

  Iguchi, Toshio ^a   Kozu, Toshiaki ^b   Kwiatkowski, John ^c   Meneghini, Robert ^d   Awaka, Jun ^e   Okamoto, Ken'Ichi ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOTTORI UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DROPLET; ECHO SOUNDING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROFILER; RADAR; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 70349350708     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87A.1     Document Type: Article

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