Raindrop size distributions and the radar bright band

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1688-1701

  Huggel, A ^a   Schmid, W ^a   Waldvogel, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISDROMETER; MELTING LAYER; PRECIPITATION; RADAR PARAMETERS; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030404788     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1688:RSDATR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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