Snowfall measurements by proposed European GPM mission

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2007, Pages 655-674

  Mugnai, Alberto ^a   Michele, Sabatino Di ^a   Smith, Eric A ^b   Baordo, Fabrizio ^a   Bauer, Peter ^c   Bizzarri, Bizzarro ^a   Joe, Paul ^d   Kidd, Christopher ^e   Marzano, Frank S ^f   Tassa, Alessandra ^a   Testud, Jacques ^g   Tripoli, Gregory J ^h  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g Novel Initiative for Meteorological and Environment Technologies (NOVIMET)   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

European Space Agency; Microwave Radiometer; Precipitation Radar; Rain Rate; Snow Layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014079152     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5835-6_49     Document Type: Chapter

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