Effect of off-zenith observations on reducing the impact of precipitation on ground-based microwave radiometer measurement accuracy

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 140-141, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-94

  Xu, Guirong ^a   Ware, Randolph Stick ^b   Zhang, Wengang ^a   Feng, Guangliu ^a   Liao, Kewen ^c   Liu, Yibing ^c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b Radiometrics Corporation   (United States)

^c Wuhan Public Security Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Microwave radiometer; Off zenith observation; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894085450     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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