Practical aspects of radar rainfall estimation using specific differential propagation phase

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 945-955

  Gorgucci, Eugenio ^a,c   Scarchilli, Gianfranco ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^b  

^a Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera   (Italy)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 0033861247     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0945:PAORRE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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