Use of a weather radar for the hydrology of a mountainous area. Part I: Radar measurement interpretation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 1-25

  Andrieu, H ^a   Creutin, J D ^b   Delrieu, G ^b   Faure, D ^c  

^a Division Eau   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c NANCIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; RAIN;

MOUNTAINEOUS AREA;

HYDROLOGY;

FLASH FLOOD; INTERPRETATION; MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; RADAR METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031172249     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03202-7     Document Type: Article

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