Advanced Weather Radar Systems in Europe: The COST 75 Action

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1411-1430

  Meischner, Peter ^a   Collier, C ^b   Illingworth, A ^c   Joss, J ^d   Randeu, W ^e  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^e GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WEATHER RADAR;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031402367     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<1411:AWRSIE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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