Evaluation of RadVil, a radar-based very short-term rainfall forecasting model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 178-189

  Boudevillain, Brice ^a,b   Andrieu, Hervé ^b   Chaumerliac, Nadine ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Laboratoire des Ponts et Chaussées   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 33645537029     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM481.1     Document Type: Article

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