Evaluation of precipitation detection over various surfaces from passive microwave imagers and sounders

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-94

  Munchak, S Joseph ^a,b   Skofronick Jackson, Gail ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Emissivity; Imager; Passive microwave; Precipitation; Sounder; Variational retrieval

Indexed keywords

EMISSIVITY; IMAGER; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SOUNDER; VARIATIONAL RETRIEVAL;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ERROR DETECTION; INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSORS; SNOW;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882841503     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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