| dc.contributor.advisor | Fox, Neil I. (Neil Ian) | eng |
| dc.contributor.author | Saw, Bun Liong | eng |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Tropics | eng |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | eng |
| dc.date.submitted | 2005 Fall | eng |
| dc.description | The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
| dc.description | Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (December 19, 2006) | eng |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2005. | eng |
| dc.description | Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Soil, environmental and atmospheric sciences. | eng |
| dc.description.abstract | Precipitation is an important but highly variable atmospheric parameter. Existing rain gauge networks and weather radar cannot provide the temporal and spatial coverage that is needed to monitor it sufficiently. Thus, satellite measurements have the advantage of providing spatially homogenous observations over large areas. The study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the combined infrared and passive microwave rain rate estimation (MWL) compared to the rain gauge values over the tropical region. The results indicated that generally the MWL performed better than that of just infrared estimate alone. The correlation coefficients of the MWL varied from 0.74 to 0.78 as compared to rain gauge values. Despite the improvements, there are many difficulties and challenges in satellite rainfall estimation. | eng |
| dc.identifier.merlin | b57456215 | eng |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4267 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
| dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Passive components | eng |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Infrared equipment | eng |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Rainfall reliability | eng |
| dc.title | Infrared and passive microwave satellite rainfall estimate over tropics | eng |
| dc.type | Thesis | eng |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Soil, environmental and atmospheric sciences (MU) | eng |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | eng |
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