A comparison of oceanic precipitation estimates in the tropics and subtropics

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1335-1344

  Bowman, Kenneth P ^a   Homeyer, Cameron R ^a   Stone, Dalon G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DATA SOURCE; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; EARTH REMOTE SENSING; ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; MICROWAVE RADIANCES; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; POTENTIAL ERRORS; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAUGE DATA; RAIN GAUGES; RAIN RATES; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE DATA; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; TIME AVERAGES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

BUOYS; GAGES; IMAGE SENSORS; LABORATORIES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 70349671285     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2149.1     Document Type: Article

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