The WSR-88D rainfall algorithm

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 377-395

  Fulton, Richard A ^a   Breidenbach, Jay P ^a   Seo, Dong Jun ^a   Miller, Dennis A ^a   O'Bannon, Timothy ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WSR 88D Operational Support Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation method; Forecasting method; Radar; Rainfall; Weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; RADAR; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032467189     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0377:TWRA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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