Reducing systematic errors in rainfall measurements using a new type of gauge

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 98-99, Issue , 1999, Pages 341-348

  Seibert, Jan ^a   Morén, Ann Sofie ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

NOPEX; Rain gauge; Rainfall and wind speed; Rainfall intensity; Rainfall measurement errors

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

EID: 18244418551     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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