DFT-based spectral moments estimators for spaceborne Doppler precipitation radars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4894, Issue , 2003, Pages 218-229

  Tanelli, Simone ^a   Im, Eastwood ^a   Facheris, Luca ^b   Smith, Eric A ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DFT; Doppler; Spaceborne weather radar; Spectral moments estimation

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE OPTICS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DOPPLER; DOPPLER PRECIPITATION RADARS; DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; SPACE-BORNE; SPACEBORNE APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL MOMENTS;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

EID: 85076810712     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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