Comparison of TRMM rain-rate retrievals in tropical cyclones

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87 A, Issue , 2009, Pages 369-380

  Cecil, Daniel J ^a   Wingo, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; HURRICANE; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 71549162912     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87A.369     Document Type: Article

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