Modified hitschfeld-bordan equations for attenuation-corrected radar rain reflectivity: Application to nonuniform beamfilling at off-nadir incidence

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1149-1160

  Meneghini, Robert ^a   Liao, Liang ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD OF VIEWS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; MULTIPLE-PATH; PATH ATTENUATION; RADAR REFLECTIVITY FACTOR; RANGE GATES; SPACE-BORNE; SURFACE REFERENCE TECHNIQUES;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REFLECTION;

ESTIMATION;

AIRBORNE SENSING; EQUATION; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SIR;

EID: 84880760688     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00192.1     Document Type: Article

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