The radar "three-body scatter spike": An operational large-hail signature

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-340

  Lemon, Leslie R ^a,b  

^a Lockheed Martin Company   (United States)

^b Radar S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAIL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR;

EID: 0032469646     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0327:TRTBSS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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