Intercomparison of techniques to correct for attenuation of C-band weather radar signals

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 845-853

  Gorgucci, Eugenio ^a,d   Scarchilli, Gianfranco ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^b   Meischner, P F ^c   Hagen, M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0032460144     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0845:IOTTCF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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