A rain gauge for the measurement of finescale temporal variations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-135

  Stow, C David ^a   Bradley, Stuart G ^a   Farrington, Keith E ^a   Dirks, Kim N ^a   Gray, Warren R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 11744300521     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0127:ARGFTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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