Precipitation from space: Advancing earth system science

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-375

  Kucera, Paul A ^a   Ebert, Elizabeth E ^b   Turk, F Joseph ^c   Levizzani, Vincenzo ^d   Kirschbaum, Dalia ^e   Tapiador, Francisco J ^f   Loew, Alexander ^g   Borsche, M ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; SOCIETAL ISSUES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

LASERS;

EID: 84876250912     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00171.1     Document Type: Article

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