Effects of random inhomogeneity on radar measurements and rain rate estimation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 223-227

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Vivekanandan, J ^a   Brandes, Edward ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR REFLECTION; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES;

RAIN RATE;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036201120     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.981367     Document Type: Article

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