An automated radar technique for the identification of tropical precipitation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 885-902

  Xu, Xiaoyong ^a,b   Howard, Kenneth ^b   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 58049118550     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM954.1     Document Type: Article

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