The wind-induced loss of thunderstorm precipitation measurements

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 29-38

  Chvíla, Branislav ^a   Sevruk, Boris ^b   Ondrás, Mondras ^c  

^a SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Precipitation measurement; Thunderstorm; Weighing gauge; Wind induced loss

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN GAGES; SPEED; THUNDERSTORMS; WIND;

PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; WEIGHING GAUGE; WIND INDUCED LOSS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 27144559631     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.11.032     Document Type: Article

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