Applicability of the iterative backward retrieval method for the GPM Dual-frequency precipitation radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1827-1838

  Seto, Shinta ^a   Iguchi, Toshio ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Attenuation; radar; rain

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DUAL-FREQUENCY PRECIPITATION RADARS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; HEAVY RAINFALL; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITY FACTOR; RAIN RATE RETRIEVAL; RAIN RATES; RANGE BINS; RETRIEVAL METHODS; UPPER LIMITS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

BINS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; RADAR; RAIN;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 79957634937     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2102766     Document Type: Article

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