Verification of Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database (CDRD) passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithm using TRMM satellite radar and radiometer measurements over Southern Mediterranean Basin

2012 12th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, MicroRad 2012 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Casella, Daniele ^a   Dietrich, Stefano ^a   Formenton, Marco ^a   Mugnai, Alberto ^a   Panegrossi, Giulia ^a   Sanò, Paolo ^a   Smith, Eric A ^b   Tripoli, Gregory J ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Center for Research on the Changing Earth System (CRCES)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval; CDRD Rainfall Algorithm Verification; Meteorological Constraints; Precipitation Regime Recognition; TRMM TMI and PR Precipitation Retrievals

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM VERIFICATION; BAYESIAN INVERSION; BAYESIAN RETRIEVAL; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD DYNAMICS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FREEZING LEVELS; GROUND TRUTH; HIGH RESOLUTION; MEAN ERRORS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; METEOROLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MODELING SYSTEMS; MULTI FREQUENCY; NONUNIQUENESS; NWP MODEL; OVER WATER; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION RADAR; PRECIPITATION RETRIEVALS; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; RMS ERRORS; SATELLITE RADAR; SYNTHETIC DATABASE; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; VERIFY ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR STATISTICS; MICROWAVES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING;

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EID: 84860778461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MicroRad.2012.6185243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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