Comparison between Pludix and impact/optical disdrometers during rainfall measurement campaigns

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 137-163

  Caracciolo, Clelia ^a   Prodi, Franco ^a,b   Uijlenhoet, Remko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disdrometer comparison; Drop size distribution; Rainfall rate

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

DISDROMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL INVERSION ALGORITHM;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

BENELUX; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FERRARA; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749152564     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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