Quantification of the radar reflectivity sampling error in non-stationary rain using paired disdrometers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Berne, Alexis ^a   Uijlenhoet, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADAR REFLECTION; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; ALUMINUM; ERRORS; GAGES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; REFLECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISDROMETER MEASUREMENT; RADAR REFLECTIVITY; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

RADAR; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DISDROMETER MEASUREMENT; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; REMOTELY-SENSED OBSERVATIONS; SAMPLING PROCESS; SIMULATION MODEL;

EID: 28144464063     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024030     Document Type: Article

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