Potential of high-resolution detection and retrieval of precipitation fields from X-band spaceborne synthetic aperture radar over land

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 859-875

  Marzano, F S ^a,b   Mori, S ^a,b   Chini, M ^c   Pulvirenti, L ^a   Pierdicca, N ^a   Montopoli, M ^b   Weinman, J A ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PATTERN; CENTRAL ITALY; DETECTION CAPABILITY; EARTH'S SURFACE; EMPIRICAL ALGORITHMS; FIRST-ORDER; GEOMETRIC EFFECTS; GROUND BASED; HIGH RESOLUTION; INHOMOGENEOUS BEAMS; INTERFEROMETRIC PHASE; LOCAL AVERAGE; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; MISSISSIPPI; NEAR-SURFACE; NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADARS; NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; PRECIPITATION EFFECTS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL FIELDS; RAINFALL RATES; SAR SIGNALS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; SATELLITE-BASED SENSORS; SIMPLE METHOD; SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TARGET DEGRADATION; TERRASAR-X; X-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS;

DEGRADATION; HURRICANE EFFECTS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTENNA; BACKSCATTER; HURRICANE GUSTAV 2008; NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SIR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRASAR-X; TRMM;

ITALY; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952667691     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-859-2011     Document Type: Article

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