Development of cloud liquid water database using global cloud-system resolving model for GPM/DPR algorithm

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 350-353

  Kubota, Takuji ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^b,c   Nasuno, Tomoe ^c   Seto, Shinta ^d   Iguchi, Toshio ^e   Oki, Riko ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

algorithm; cloud liquid water; global cloud system resolving model; precipitation radar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CLOUD SYSTEM-RESOLVING MODELS; CORRECTION METHOD; DUAL-FREQUENCY PRECIPITATION RADARS; FREEZING LEVELS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL SIMULATION; JOINT ALGORITHMS; LEVEL 2; MOIST CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAIN RATES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGY; NASA; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84873170225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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