Comparison of different techniques for the measurement of precipitation in tropical montane rain forest regions

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-168

  Rollenbeck, Rütger ^a,b   Bendix, J ^a   Fabian, P ^b   Boy, J ^c   Dalitz, H ^d   Emck, P ^e   Oesker, M ^d   Wilcke, W ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

RAIN FOREST REGIONS; WEATHER SENSOR;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFOREST; RAINGAUGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL REGION;

FORESTS; PRECIPITATION; RAIN; SENSORS; SIMULATION; TROPICS;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847743420     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1970.1     Document Type: Article

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