Improvements in detection of light precipitation with the Global Precipitation Measurement dual-frequency precipitation radar (GPM DPR)

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 653-667

  Hamada, Atsushi ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Circulation dynamics; Convective storms; Observational techniques and algorithms; Precipitation; Radars radar observations; Rainfall; Satellite observations; Stratiform clouds

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; REFLECTION;

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DUAL-FREQUENCY PRECIPITATION RADARS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRATIFORM CLOUDS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; STORM; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 84964958512     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0097.1     Document Type: Article

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