Partitioning of cloud water and rainwater content by ground-based observations with the Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Rain Identification (ADMIRARI) in synergy with a micro rain radar

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Saavedra, Pablo ^a   Battaglia, Alessandro ^b   Simmer, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADAR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAPORS;

BAYESIAN INVERSION APPROACH; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUD WATER; DATA SETS; DUAL-POLARIZED; ELEVATION ANGLE; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; GROUND-BASED RADIOMETERS; INTEGRATED VALUES; LINEARLY POLARIZED; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MIDLATITUDES; MULTI FREQUENCY; NETHERLANDS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAIN RADAR; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMULATION-BASED; SLANT PATH; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TOTAL WATER VAPORS;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD WATER; DATA SET; ELEVATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADAR; RAINWATER; WATER VAPOR; ZENITH ANGLE;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84858062275     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016579     Document Type: Article

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