The Limitations of the WSR-88D Radar Network for Quantitative Precipitation Measurement over the Coastal Western United States

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2289-2298

  Westrick, Kenneth J ^a   Mass, Clifford F ^a   Colle, Brian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000196567     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<2289:TLOTWR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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