Salient features of the dual-frequency, dual-polarized, Doppler radar for remote sensing of precipitation

Radio Science

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1087-1105

  Vega, Manuel A ^a,b   Chandrasekar, V ^b   Carswell, James ^c   Beauchamp, Robert M ^b   Schwaller, Mathew R ^a   Nguyen, Cuong ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c 248 E Foothill Blvd   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual frequency; GPM; Ground validation; Radar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

DUAL FREQUENCY; DUAL-FREQUENCY PRECIPITATION RADARS; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; GPM; GROUND VALIDATIONS; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; SATELLITE MISSION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84916886711     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014RS005529     Document Type: Article

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