Catch characteristics of precipitatiion gauges in high-latitude regions with high winds

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 984-994

  Sugiura, Konosuke ^a   Ohata, Tetsuo ^a   Yang, Daqing ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SNOW; WIND VELOCITY;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750942989     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM542.1     Document Type: Article

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