Early evaluation of ku- and ka-band sensitivities for the global precipitation measurement (GPM) dual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR)

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-17

  Toyoshima, Koichi ^a   Masunaga, Hirohiko ^a   Furuzawa, Fumie ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84923869745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2015-004     Document Type: Article

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