Optimal estimation of rain-rate profiles from single-frequency radar echoes

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 214-228

  Haddad, Ziad S ^a   Im, Eastwood ^a   Durden, Stephen L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL SOLUTION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; PROFILE DETERMINATION; RAIN RATE PROFILE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION; VERTICAL RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029729783     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0214:OEORRP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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