Application of the hydrologic visibility concept to estimate rainfall measurement quality of two planned weather radars

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 232-246

  Faure, D ^a   Delrieu, G ^b   Tabary, P ^c   Parent Du Chatelet, J ^c   Guimera, M ^d  

^a ALICIME   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c Météo France   (France)

^d DSO/CMR/PMO   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrologic visibility; Measurement; Quality; Rainfall; Simulation; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

HYDROLOGIC VISIBILITY; RADAR MEASUREMENT QUALITY; RADAR REFLECTIVITY; RAINFALL MEASUREMENT QUALITY;

METEOROLOGY;

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 27144544991     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.10.021     Document Type: Article

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