Improvement of TMI rain retrievals in mountainous areas

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 242-254

  Shige, Shoichi ^a   Kida, Satoshi ^b   Ashiwake, Hiroki ^c   Kubota, Takuji ^b   Aonashi, Kazumasa ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Osaka City University   (Japan)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; OROGRAPHIC RAINFALLS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; SCATTERING SIGNATURES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; LASERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; PIXELS; RADAR; RAIN GAGES;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; TRMM;

EID: 84875056737     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-074.1     Document Type: Article

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