Feasibility of using mountain return for the correction of ground-based X-band weather radar data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 368-385

  Delrieu, G ^a   Caoudal, S ^a   Creutin, J D ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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EID: 0000657506     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0368:FOUMRF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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