On the use of differential phase for polarimetric rainfall measurements a new approach to KDP estimation

11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-140

  Ryzhkov, Alexander ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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