Microwave links: The future for urban rainfall measurement?

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 300-312

  Upton, G J G ^a   Holt, A R ^a   Cummings, R J ^a   Rahimi, A R ^a   Goddard, J W F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microwave links; Radar; Rainfall; Raingauge

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVE LINKS; RAIN GAGES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

DUAL FREQUENCY LINK; RAINFALL MEASUREMENT;

RAIN;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 27144463455     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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