An evaluation of a drop distribution-based polarimetric radar rainfall estimator

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 652-660

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

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; RAIN; REFLECTION;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS (DSD);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037832192     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0652:AEOADD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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