Evaluation of the threshold methods for rainfall estimation over a boreal region. A case study based on the NOPEX radar data

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 98-99, Issue , 1999, Pages 349-362

  Crochet, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

NOPEX; Rainfall; Space; Threshold; Time

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; RAINFALL; RESEARCH PROGRAM; THRESHOLD;

SWEDEN;

EID: 17344385974     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)90108-9     Document Type: Article

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