Statistical analysis of radar rainfall error propagation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 199-212

  Sharif, Hatim O ^a   Ogden, Fred L ^b   Krajewski, Witold F ^c   Xue, Ming ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RADAR; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642325241     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0199:SAORRE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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