Raindrop axis ratios and size distributions in florida rainshafts: an assessment of multiparameter radar algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 703-715

  Bringi, V N ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^a   Xiao, Rongrui ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiparameter; Radar; Raindrop; Size distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000174727     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.673663     Document Type: Article

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