Dual multiparameter radar observations of intense convective storms: The 24 June 1992 case study

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 3-31

  Bringi, V N ^a   Liu, L ^a   Kennedy, P C ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^a   Rutledge, S A ^a  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

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EID: 0030552820     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01031999     Document Type: Article

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