Correction of the bright band using dual-polarisation radar

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-46

  Rico Ramirez, M A ^a   Cluckie, I D ^a   Han, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bright band correction; Fuzzy logic system; Hydrometeor classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 27544484506     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.89     Document Type: Article

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