A stochastic model of radar measurement errors in a rainfall accumulations at catchment scale

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 841-855

  Jordan, Phillip W ^a   Seed, Alan W ^b   Weinmann, P Erwin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; SAMPLING;

EID: 0344718928     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<0841:ASMORM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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