Errors in surface rainfall rates retrieved from radar due to wind-drift

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-77

  Lack, Steven A ^a   Fox, Neil I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop sorting; Errors in surface rainfall estimates; Wind drift

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; ERROR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

EID: 27544434778     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.96     Document Type: Article

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