A global Precipitation retrieval algorithm for Suomi NPP ATMS

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1924-1927

  Surussavadee, Chinnawat ^a,b   Blackwell, William J ^b   Entekhabi, Dara ^c   Leslie, R Vincent ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS); passive millimeter wave precipitation retrieval algorithm; precipitation; rain; remote sensing; snow; Suomi NPP satellite

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MICROWAVE SOUNDERS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; POLAR-ORBITING; PRECIPITATION RETRIEVALS; SURFACE EFFECT; SURFACE PRECIPITATION;

GEOLOGY; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEAWATER; SNOW;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84873170545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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