Estimation of precipitation from space-based platforms

Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 195-217

  Lensky, Itamar M ^a   Levizzani, Vincenzo ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

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EID: 77956631856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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