A Nonparametric Statistical Technique for Modeling Overland TMI (2A12) Rainfall Retrieval Error

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1898-1902

  Bhuiyan, M A E ^a   Anagnostou, E N ^a   Kirstetter, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Error modeling; passive microwave (PMW) rainfall estimation; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; ERRORS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE-BASED RADAR; STORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ERROR MODEL; MICROWAVE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; SURFACE SOIL;

RAIN;

EID: 85036549471     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2017.2728658     Document Type: Article

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