A hybrid surface reference technique and its application to the TRMM precipitation radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1645-1658

  Meneghini, Robert ^a   Jones, J A ^b   Iguchi, T ^c   Okamoto, K ^d   Kwiatkowski, J ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

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

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ORBITS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER SATELLITES;

PATH ATTENUATION; RAIN FREE AREAS; SURFACE REFERENCE TECHNIQUES (SRT);

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 9944230846     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1664.1     Document Type: Article

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