Thesis (M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Wash, Carlyle H. Second Reader: Nuss, Wendell A. "September 1990." Description based on title screen viewed on December 17, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Weather forecasting, satellite meteorology, uncertainty, polarization, ships, coastal regions, light, rates, theses, radar, regression analysis, precipitation, solutions(general), rain, winter, rainfall intensity, storms, equations, cyclones, channels, corrections, temperate regions, cyclogenesis, algorithms, temperature. DTIC Identifier(s): Rainfall intensity, erica project, ssm/i(special sensor microwave/images). Author(s) subject terms: Microwave, ERICA, SSM/I, precipitation forecasting, rain. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82). Also available in print.