Discrimination between rain and snow with a polarimetric radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 10 PART II, 1998, Pages 1228-1240

  Ryzhkov, A V ^a,b   Zrnic, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001593379     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1228:dbrasw>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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