Standard deviation of spatially averaged surface cross section data from the TRMM precipitation radar

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-297

  Meneghini, Robert ^a   Jones, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric attenuation; normalized radar cross section (NRCS); surface cross section; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; CROSS SECTION DATA; DATA CHANGE; INCIDENCE ANGLES; NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; STATISTICS; TROPICS;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 79952038309     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2010.2064755     Document Type: Article

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