Estimating the scaling of rain rate moments from radar and rain gauge

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Paulson, Kevin S ^a   Zhang, Xaiobei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 37349067352     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008547     Document Type: Article

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