TRMM PR standard algorithm 2A23 and its performance on bright band detection

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87 A, Issue , 2009, Pages 31-52

  Awaka, Jun ^a   Iguchi, Toshio ^b   Okamoto, Ken'Ichi ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SCANNER;

EID: 71549130438     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87A.31     Document Type: Article

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