A statistical approach for rain intensity differentiation using Meteosat Second Generation-Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager observations

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2559-2576

  Ricciardelli, E ^a   Cimini, D ^a,b   Di Paola, F ^a   Romano, F ^a   Viggiano, M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PIXELS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; WEATHER RADAR NETWORKS;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METEOSAT; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINFALL; SEVIRI;

EID: 84904335033     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2559-2014     Document Type: Article

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