Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-859-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-859-2011
Research article
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11 Mar 2011
Research article |  | 11 Mar 2011

Potential of high-resolution detection and retrieval of precipitation fields from X-band spaceborne synthetic aperture radar over land

F. S. Marzano, S. Mori, M. Chini, L. Pulvirenti, N. Pierdicca, M. Montopoli, and J. A. Weinman

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