Polarimetric rainfall estimation in the presence of anomalous propagation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1320-1330

  Ryzhkov, Alexander V ^a   Zrnic, Dusan S ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

EID: 0033037377     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<1320:PREITP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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