The Use of Satellite Data in Rainfall MonitoringAcademic Press, 1981 - 340 sider Monitoring rainfall: the nature of the problem. Satellite remote sensing systems of use in rainfall monitoring. Satellite rainfall monitoring methods. Cloud-indexing methods. Life-history methods. Bi-spectral and cloud model methods. Rainfall from visible and infrared images: a physical explantation. Properties of microwave radiation in the atmosphere. Passive microwave methods. satellite rainfall monitoring applications. Rainfall investories. Applied hydrology. Flods, droughts and plagues. Crop growth and production. Active microwave systems. Integrated and international programmes for rainfall monitoring. |
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CHAPTER | 3 |
The measurement of rainfall by conventional means | 12 |
Satellite remote sensing systems | 18 |
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