The relationship between surface rainrate and water paths and its implications to satellite rainrate retrieval

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  You, Yalei ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; ICE WATER; ICE WATER PATHS; INTEGRATED EFFECTS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAND AREAS; LIQUID WATER; LIQUID WATER PATHS; LOW CORRELATION; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; OR CHANNELS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; RAIN RATE RETRIEVAL; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL SYSTEMS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SHALLOW CONVECTION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER SIGNALS;

ICE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84864065306     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017662     Document Type: Article

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