Assessment of rainfall measurement that uses specific differential phase

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2080-2090

  Ryzhkov, Alexander ^a   Zrnić, Dusan ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0039440031     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<2080:AORMTU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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