High temporal resolution path-average rain gauge with 50-GHz band microwave

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-179

  Minda, Haruya ^a   Nakamura, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE LINKS; RADAR; RAIN; SENSORS;

PATH-AVERAGE RAIN GAGES (PRG); RAIN RADAR; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIPPING-BUCKET RAIN GAGES;

RAIN GAGES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RAINFALL; RESOLUTION;

EID: 14644391572     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-1683.1     Document Type: Article

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