The effect of vertical air motions on rain rates and median volume diameter determined from combined UHF and VHF wind profiler measurements and comparisons with rain gauge measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1306-1319

  Rajopadhyaya, Deepak K ^a,e   May, Peter T ^a,c   Cifelli, Robert C ^a,d   Avery, Susan K ^a   Willams, Christopher R ^a   Ecklund, Warner L ^a   Gage, Kenneth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Campus Box 216 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 0033067391     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<1306:TEOVAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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