Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in bayesian retrieval of rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements: Part 1. Algorithm description and testing

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4119-4143

  Sano, Paolo ^a   Casella, Daniele ^a   Mugnai, Alberto ^a   Schiavon, Giovanni ^b   Smith, Eric A ^c   Tripoli, Gregory J ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Center for Research on the Changing Earth System (CRCES)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric remote sensing; Bayesian precipitation retrieval; Cloud Radiation Database (CRD) Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database (CDRD) algorithms; passive microwave (PMW) radiometer; satellite rainfall retrieval

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC REMOTE SENSING; CLOUD RADIATION; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION RETRIEVALS; SATELLITE RAINFALLS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SATELLITES;

ALGORITHMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOMETER; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ITALY; LAZIO;

EID: 84880075334     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2227332     Document Type: Article

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