Real-time comparisons of VPR-corrected daily rainfall estimates with a gauge mesonet

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 726-741

  Bellon, Aldo ^a   Lee, GyuWon ^a   Kilambi, Alamelu ^a   Zawadzki, Isztar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION;

POLAR REFLECTIVITY; VERTICAL-PROFILE-OF-REFLECTIVITY (VPR) CORRECTION;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REAL TIME; REFLECTIVITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 34547173208     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2502.1     Document Type: Article

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