Monitoring of mesoscale precipitation systems in the Alps and the northern Alpine foreland by radar and rain gauges

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 87-100

  Hagen, Martin ^a   Schiesser, Hans Heinrich ^b   Dorninger, Manfred ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 0034338947     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007030050008     Document Type: Article

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