Error sources of precipitation measurements using electronic weight systems

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 39-47

  Sevruk, Boris ^a   Chvíla, Branislav ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Electronic weight system; Error; Recording precipitation gauge; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; RAIN GAGES;

ELECTRONIC WEIGHT SYSTEM; ERROR SOURCES; RECORDING PRECIPITATION GAUGE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 27144535358     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.10.026     Document Type: Article

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