CloudSat precipitation profiling algorithm-model description

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 991-1003

  Mitrescu, Cristian ^a   L'Ecuyer, Tristan ^b   Haynes, John ^c   Miller, Steven ^b   Turk, Joseph ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Microwave observations; Precipitation; Profilers; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; PRECIPITATION PROFILING; PROFILERS; REMOTE SENSING ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUDSAT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROFILER; RADAR; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77955571109     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2181.1     Document Type: Article

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