Toward snowfall retrieval over land by combining satellite and in situ measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Noh, Yoo Jeong ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^b   Jones, Andrew S ^a   Haar, Thomas H Vonder ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR STATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-B; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; APRIORI; BAYESIAN TECHNIQUES; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXTRATROPICAL; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GREAT LAKES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGHER LATITUDES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE SATELLITE DATA; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SURFACE RADAR; SURFACE SNOW; SURFACE-BASED; WINTER SEASONS;

SNOW;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATABASE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77954204511     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012307     Document Type: Article

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