On the individual calibration of hailpads

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2-4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 493-504

  Palencia, Covadonga ^a   Berthet, Claude ^b   Massot, Marta ^c   Castro, Amaya ^a   Dessens, Jean ^b   Fraile, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b ANELFA   (France)

^c ADV de les Terres de Ponent   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calibration; Hailpad; Hailstone size; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CALIBRATION ERROR; HAILPAD CALIBRATION SYSTEMS; HAILSTONE SIZE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CALIBRATION; HAIL; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846641750     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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