Beamwidth effects on the differential phase measurements of rain

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 624-634

  Ryzhkov, Alexander ^a,b   Zrnic, Dusan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

EID: 0032413699     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0624:BEOTDP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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