Using TRMM spaceborne radar as a reference for compensating ground-based radar range degradation: Methodology verification based on rain gauges in Israel

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Gabella, Marco ^a,b   Morin, Efrat ^c   Notarpietro, Riccardo ^b  

^a MeteoSwiss   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ESTIMATION; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATIC REGIMES; CLIMATIC REGIONS; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; GROUND BASED RADAR; KU BAND; MEAN FIELD; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; RAIN DEPTH; RAIN GAUGES; RANGE ADJUSTMENT; SPACEBORNE METEOROLOGICAL RADARS; SPACEBORNE RADAR; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES; UNDER-SAMPLING; VERTICAL REFLECTIVITY PROFILE;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79251629787     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014496     Document Type: Article

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