The optical spectropluviometer revisited

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1215-1222

  Salles, Christian ^a,d   Creutin, Jean Dominique ^b   Sempere Torres, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE; RAINDROP; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 0032449811     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<1215:TOSR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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