Evolution of the rain profiling algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1562-1564

  Iguchi, Toshio ^a  

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

Author keywords

attenuation; radar; rain cell; simulation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAIN CELL; RAIN PROFILES; RAIN PROFILING ALGORITHM; SIMULATION; STANDARD ALGORITHMS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGY; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING;

RAIN;

EID: 80955132062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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