High-resolution rainfall estimation from X-band polarimetric radar measurements

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-128

  Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a   Anagnostou, Marios N ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^b   Kruger, Anton ^b   Miriovsky, Benjamin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 1642339786     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0110:HREFXP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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