Identification of melting snow using data from dual-frequency microwave links

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-288

  Upton, G J G ^a   Cummings, R J ^a   Holt, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL FREQUENCY; ENGLAND; GERMANY; RAINFALL RATES; SINGLE-FREQUENCY;

ALGORITHMS; MELTING; MICROWAVE LINKS; SNOW;

RAIN;

EID: 51449084932     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20050285     Document Type: Article

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