A next-generation microwave rainfall retrieval algorithm for use by TRMM and GPM

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2007, Pages 235-252

  Kummerow, Christian ^a   Masunaga, Hirohiko ^a   Bauer, Peter ^b  

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

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brightness Temperature; Drop Size Distribution; Passive Microwave; Rain Rate; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963521966     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5835-6_19     Document Type: Chapter

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