Uncertainties of GPM DPR rain estimates caused by DSD parameterizations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2524-2537

  Liao, Liang ^a   Meneghini, Robert ^b   Tokay, Ali ^b,c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Radars Radar observations; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; DISDROMETER MEASUREMENT; DUAL-FREQUENCY PRECIPITATION RADARS; DUAL-WAVELENGTH ALGORITHM; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SHAPE PARAMETERS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINDROP; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84910645085     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0003.1     Document Type: Article

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