High temporal resolution of extreme rainfall rate variability and the acoustic classification of rainfall

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Nystuen, Jeffrey A ^a   Amitai, Eyal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rainfall; Rainfall classification; Temporal variability of rainfall

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; CLASSIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 1642457189     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001481     Document Type: Article

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