A simulation approach for validation of a brightband correction method

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1507-1518

  Borga, Marco ^a,c   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^b   Krajewski, Witold F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b University of Iowa ^*  (United States)

^c AGRIPOLIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 0031401766     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1507:ASAFVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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