Sampling errors in rainfall measurements by weather radar

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 151-155

  Piccolo, F ^a   Chirico, G B ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MAPPING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; SAMPLING; WEATHER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748063006     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-2-151-2005     Document Type: Article

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