An observationally generated a priori database for microwave rainfall retrievals

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-130

  Kummerow, Christian D ^a   Ringerud, Sarah ^a   Crook, Jody ^a   Randel, David ^a   Berg, Wesley ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; FIELDS OF VIEWS; GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ICE CONCENTRATION; MICROWAVE RAINFALL; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSORS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME-SCALES; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MICROWAVES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR; RAIN GAGES;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 79953228103     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1468.1     Document Type: Article

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