Retrieval of Precipitation from Satellites
275
Press WH, Flannery BP, Teukolsky SA, Vetterling WT (1986) Numerical Recipes, the
art of scientific computing. Cambridge University Press, 818p
Pruppacher HR, Klett JD (1978) Microphysics of clouds and precipitation. D. Reidel
Publishing Company, 714p
Robinson WD, Kummerow C, Olson WS (1992) A technique for enhancing and matching
the resolution of microwave measurements from the SSM/I instrument. IEEE Transactions on
Geoscience and Remote Sensing 30: 419-429
Rodgers E, Siddalingaiah H, Chang ATC, Wilheit TT (1979) A statistical technique for
determining rainfall over land employing Nimbus-6 ESMR measurements. Journal of Applied
Meteorology 18: 978-991
Rudolf B, Hauschild H, Reiss U (1992) Beitriige zum Weltzentrum fiir Niederschlagsklimatologie. Contributions to the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre. Meteorologische
ZeitschriJt 1: 7-84
Rumelhart DE, Hinton GE, Williams RJ (1986) Learning representations by backropagating errors. Nature 323: 533-536
Simmer C (1994) Satellitenfernerkundung hydrologischer Parameter der Atmosphiire mit Mikrowellen. Verlag Dr. Kovac, 314p
Simmer C, Liu Q (1995) Determination of rainfall over the ocean from SSM/I measurements
with a library approach. In Proceedings of IGARSS'95, IEEE Catalog No. 95CH35770 pages
1892-1894
Simpson J, Adler RF, North GR (1988) A proposed tropical rainfall measuring mission
(TRMM) satellite. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 69: 278-295
Smith EA, Mugnai A, Cooper HJ, Tripoli GJ, Xiang X (1992) Foundations for
statistical-physical precipitation retrieval from passive microwave satellite measurements: Part
I: Brightness-temperature properties of a time-dependent cloud-radiation model. Journal of
Applied Meteorology 31: 506-531
Spencer RW (1986) A satellite passive 37 GHz scattering-based method for measuring oceanic
rain rates. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 25: 754-766
Spencer RW, Hinton BB, Olson WS (1983a) Nimbus-7 37 GHz radiances correlated with
radar rain rates over the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 22:
2095-2099
Spencer RW, Olson WS, Wu R, Martin DW, Weinman JA, Santek DA (1983b)
Heavy thunderstorms observed over land by the Nimbus-7 scanning multichannel microwave
radiometer. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 22: 1041-1046
Spencer RW, Goodman HM, Hood RE (1991) Precipitation retrieval over land and ocean
with the SSM/I: Identification and characteristics of the scattering signal. Journal of Atmosphere and Ocean Technology6: 254-273
Stogryn AP, Butler CT, Bartolac TJ (1994) Ocean surface wind retrievals from Special
Sensor Microwave imager data with neural networks. Journal of Geophysical Reearch 99: 981984
Wauben WMF, Hovenier JW (1992) Polarized radiation of an atmosphere containing
randomly-oriented spheroids. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 47:
491-504
Wauben WMF, de Haan JF, Hovenier JW (1993) Influence of particle shape on the polarized radiation in planetary atmospheres. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative
Transfer 50: 237-246
275
Press WH, Flannery BP, Teukolsky SA, Vetterling WT (1986) Numerical Recipes, the
art of scientific computing. Cambridge University Press, 818p
Pruppacher HR, Klett JD (1978) Microphysics of clouds and precipitation. D. Reidel
Publishing Company, 714p
Robinson WD, Kummerow C, Olson WS (1992) A technique for enhancing and matching
the resolution of microwave measurements from the SSM/I instrument. IEEE Transactions on
Geoscience and Remote Sensing 30: 419-429
Rodgers E, Siddalingaiah H, Chang ATC, Wilheit TT (1979) A statistical technique for
determining rainfall over land employing Nimbus-6 ESMR measurements. Journal of Applied
Meteorology 18: 978-991
Rudolf B, Hauschild H, Reiss U (1992) Beitriige zum Weltzentrum fiir Niederschlagsklimatologie. Contributions to the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre. Meteorologische
ZeitschriJt 1: 7-84
Rumelhart DE, Hinton GE, Williams RJ (1986) Learning representations by backropagating errors. Nature 323: 533-536
Simmer C (1994) Satellitenfernerkundung hydrologischer Parameter der Atmosphiire mit Mikrowellen. Verlag Dr. Kovac, 314p
Simmer C, Liu Q (1995) Determination of rainfall over the ocean from SSM/I measurements
with a library approach. In Proceedings of IGARSS'95, IEEE Catalog No. 95CH35770 pages
1892-1894
Simpson J, Adler RF, North GR (1988) A proposed tropical rainfall measuring mission
(TRMM) satellite. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 69: 278-295
Smith EA, Mugnai A, Cooper HJ, Tripoli GJ, Xiang X (1992) Foundations for
statistical-physical precipitation retrieval from passive microwave satellite measurements: Part
I: Brightness-temperature properties of a time-dependent cloud-radiation model. Journal of
Applied Meteorology 31: 506-531
Spencer RW (1986) A satellite passive 37 GHz scattering-based method for measuring oceanic
rain rates. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 25: 754-766
Spencer RW, Hinton BB, Olson WS (1983a) Nimbus-7 37 GHz radiances correlated with
radar rain rates over the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 22:
2095-2099
Spencer RW, Olson WS, Wu R, Martin DW, Weinman JA, Santek DA (1983b)
Heavy thunderstorms observed over land by the Nimbus-7 scanning multichannel microwave
radiometer. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 22: 1041-1046
Spencer RW, Goodman HM, Hood RE (1991) Precipitation retrieval over land and ocean
with the SSM/I: Identification and characteristics of the scattering signal. Journal of Atmosphere and Ocean Technology6: 254-273
Stogryn AP, Butler CT, Bartolac TJ (1994) Ocean surface wind retrievals from Special
Sensor Microwave imager data with neural networks. Journal of Geophysical Reearch 99: 981984
Wauben WMF, Hovenier JW (1992) Polarized radiation of an atmosphere containing
randomly-oriented spheroids. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 47:
491-504
Wauben WMF, de Haan JF, Hovenier JW (1993) Influence of particle shape on the polarized radiation in planetary atmospheres. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative
Transfer 50: 237-246