On the sensitivity of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager channels to overland rainfall

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  You, Yalei ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^a   Wang, Yu ^a,b   Cao, Jie ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; ICE; LIQUIDS; LUMINANCE; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; RAIN GAGES; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; BARE LANDS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD TYPES; FROZEN WATER; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY RAINFALL; ICE WATER; LAND SURFACE; LIQUID WATER; LOW-FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; NEAR-SURFACE; OR CHANNELS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING; RAINFALL RATES; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPEARMAN CORRELATION; TROPICAL LAND AREAS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; TWO PARAMETER; VERTICAL POLARIZATION; WARM SURFACE;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 79959669885     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015345     Document Type: Article

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