BALTEX weather radar-based precipitation products and their accuracies

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-263

  Koistinen, Jarmo ^a   Michelson, Daniel B ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 0036395717     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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