Surface rain rates from tropical rainfall measuring mission satellite algorithms

Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing: Science and Instruments

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 317-336

  Chiu, Long S ^a,b   Shin, Dong Bin ^a   Kwiatkowski, John ^b  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 80052285067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37293-6_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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