A prototype hail detection algorithm and hail climatology developed with the advanced microwave sounding unit (AMSU)

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-35

  Ferraro, Ralph ^a,b   Beauchamp, James ^b   Cecil, Daniel ^c   Heymsfield, Gerald ^d  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSU; Climatology; Hail; MHS; Passive microwave; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; MICROWAVES; NASA; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUNDING APPARATUS; STORMS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS; AMSU; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; OBSERVATION FREQUENCIES; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

EID: 84939993592     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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