On the consequences of resampling microwave radiometer observations for use in retrieval algorithms

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1981-1993

  Rapp, Anita D ^a   Lebsock, M ^b   Kummerow, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLIMATE STUDIES; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUD PROPERTIES; COMMON PROBLEMS; COMPENSATION EFFECTS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FILLING EFFECTS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER OBSERVATION; MULTI FREQUENCY; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION RETRIEVAL; RESAMPLING; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME AVERAGING; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WIND SPEED;

CONVOLUTION; DECONVOLUTION; FILLING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TEMPERATURE; WIND EFFECTS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77649089495     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2155.1     Document Type: Letter

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