Development of nonuniform beamfilling correction method in rainfall retrievals for passive microwave radiometers over ocean using TRMM observations

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87 A, Issue , 2009, Pages 153-164

  Kubota, Takuji ^a   Shige, Shoichi ^b   Aonashi, Kazumasa ^c   Okamoto, Ken'ichi ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 71549147891     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87A.153     Document Type: Article

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