Estimation of mean rain rate through censoring

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 797-805

  Martin, Donald ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032740158     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0797:EOMRRT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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