Improved radar rainfall estimation at ground level

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-342

  Wesson, S M ^a   Pegram, G G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 33747053334     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-323-2006     Document Type: Article

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