Relative performance of automatic rain gauges under different rainfall conditions

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1025-1043

  Nystuen, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 0033404958     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1025:RPOARG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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