Microwave radiometric observation of a waterspout over coastal Arabian Sea

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1075-1079

  Suresh Raju, C ^a   Renju, R ^a   Antony, Tinu ^a   Mathew, Nizy ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Convective system; microwave radiometer; waterspout

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERSPOUT;

CLOUDS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 84879908977     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2012.2229960     Document Type: Article

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