Estimate of precipitation from the dual-beam airborne radars in TOGA COARE. Part 1: The K-Z relationships derived from stereo and quad-beam analysis

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 156-174

  Oury, Stéphane ^a   Testud, Jacques ^a   Marécal, Virginie ^a  

^a Ctr d'Etud Environnements T   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; AIRBORNE SENSING; ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 0032599828     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0156:EOPFTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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