Passive acoustic detection and measurement of rainfall at sea

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1225-1248

  Ma, Barry B ^a   Nystuen, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROPHONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN GAGES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WIND EFFECTS;

PASSIVE ACOUSTIC DETECTION; RAINFALL MEASUREMENT; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL) DETECTION; WIND SPEED;

RAIN;

ACOUSTICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 20444394459     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1773.1     Document Type: Article

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