Bright-band detection from radar vertical reflectivity profiles

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4013-4025

  Rico Ramirez, M A ^a   Cluckie, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; SCANNING;

PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; RADAR VERTICAL REFLECTIVITY PROFILES; WEATHER RADAR MEASUREMENTS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; DETECTION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 34447108646     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601047797     Document Type: Article

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