Two-parameter gamma drop size distribution models for singapore

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3371-3380

  Kumar, Lakshmi Sutha ^a   Lee, Yee Hui ^a   Ong, Jin Teong ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b C2N Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

relationship; Fixed ; gamma distributions; rain; rain retrieval; shape parameter; slope parameter

Indexed keywords

DISTROMETER; DROP DIAMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION MODELS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GAMMA MODELS; INTERCEPT PARAMETERS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; RAIN DROP SIZE; RAIN DROPS; RAIN RATE RETRIEVAL; RAIN RATES; RAIN RETRIEVAL; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SINGAPORE; SLOPE PARAMETER; TROPICAL REGIONS; TRUNCATED MOMENTS;

DROPS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

RAIN;

DIAMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SHAPE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL REGION;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 80052318436     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2124464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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