Status of development of the GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), algorithm development, and ground validation activities

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7826, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kachi, Misako ^a   Miura, Takeshi ^a   Oki, Riko ^a   Shimizu, Shuji ^a   Kubota, Takuji ^a   Yoshida, Naofumi ^a   Hyakusoku, Yasutoshi ^a   Furukawa, Kinji ^a   Kojima, Masahiro ^a   Iguchi, Toshio ^a,b   Nakamura, Kenji ^a,c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

algorithm; DPR; GPM; microwave radiometer; precipitation; TRMM; validation

Indexed keywords

DPR; GPM; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION; TRMM; VALIDATION;

ALGORITHMS; LAUNCHING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; NASA; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SNOW; STANDARDIZATION;

RAIN;

EID: 78649551780     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.865552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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