Intercomparison of attenuation correction methods for the GPM dual-frequency precipitation radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 915-926

  Seto, Shinta ^a   Iguchi, Toshio ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Radars Radar observations; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION METHOD; DUAL-FREQUENCY PRECIPITATION RADARS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; PATH INTEGRATED ATTENUATIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITY FACTOR; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE REFERENCE TECHNIQUES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; SIR;

EID: 84980340160     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00065.1     Document Type: Article

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