Application of a blended MW-IR rainfall algorithm to the mediterranean

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2007, Pages 497-507

  Torricella, Francesca ^a   Levizzani, Vincenzo ^a   Turk, F Joseph ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation Field; Precipitation Radar; Rain Intensity; Rain Rate; Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040329659     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5835-6_39     Document Type: Chapter

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