Performance of the precipitation occurrence sensor system as a precipitation gauge

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-212

  Sheppard, Brian E ^a   Joe, P I ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION; FLUIDS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GAGES; HURRICANE EFFECTS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MULTITASKING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADAR; RADAR STATIONS; SENSORS; STATISTICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

DOPPLER; DOPPLER VELOCITIES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTER QUARTILE RANGE (IQR); INTERNATIONAL (CO); LIQUID PRECIPITATION; METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA (MSC); PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); PRECIPITATION RATE (PR); SENSOR SYSTEMS; SOLID PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL PERFORMANCES; TIME PERIODS; WIDE-RANGE;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHM; DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SENSOR; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 45249086120     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA957.1     Document Type: Article

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