Modeling raindrop size distribution and Z(R) relations in the western Mediterranean area

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1470-1479

  Cerro, Carlos ^a   Codina, Bernat ^a   Bech, Joan ^a   Lorente, Jeroni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINDROP SIZE;

SPAIN, BARCELONA;

EID: 0031401959     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1470:MRSDAZ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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