Some rain rate and rain attenuation statistics at millimeter wavelengths in the tropics

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 229-234

  Mondal, N C ^d   Bhattacharya, A B ^a   Sarkar, S K ^b   Bhattacharya, R ^c   Sen, A K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^d NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN ATTENUATION; RAIN RATE; TROPICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0030428562     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00865165     Document Type: Article

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