Systematic variations of Z-R-relationships from drop size distributions measured in northern Germany during seven years

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 47-48, Issue , 1998, Pages 635-649

  Doelling, Igor Gerd ^a   Joss, Juerg ^b   Riedl, Johann ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b Istituto Suizzero di Meteorologia   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP SIZE; RAIN DROP;

GERMANY;

EID: 0031671503     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(98)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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