Combined MW-IR Precipitation Evolving Technique (PET) of convective rain fields

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3557-3570

  Di Paola, F ^a   Casella, D ^a   Dietrich, S ^a   Mugnai, A ^a   Ricciardelli, E ^a   Romano, F ^a   Sano P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SEVIRI;

EID: 84871026301     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-3557-2012     Document Type: Article

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