Accuracy verification of spaceborne radar estimates of rain rate

被引:11
作者
Amitai, E. [1 ,2 ]
Liao, L. [1 ,3 ]
Llort, X. [4 ]
Meneghini, R. [1 ]
机构
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] George Mason Univ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[3] Caelum Res Corp, Rockville, MD USA
[4] GRAHI Univ Politecn Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
来源
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS | 2005年 / 6卷 / 01期
关键词
spaceborne radar; ground-based radar; rainfall intensity; validation; probability distribution; rain type classification; TRMM;
D O I
10.1002/asl.82
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The distribution of rain rate is of great concern for many hydrological applications. Probability distribution functions (pdf) of rain rate can now be obtained from spaceborne radar observations. Effort to evaluate these pdfs using ground observations is described. Copyright. (C) 2005 Royal Meteorological Society
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页码:2 / 6
页数:5
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