Using microwave links to adjust the radar rainfall field

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1003-1010

  Cummings, R J ^a   Upton, G J G ^a   Holt, A R ^a   Kitchen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microwave link; Rainfall; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

GROUND BASED; MEAN FIELD; RADAR DATA; RADAR RAINFALL; RAINFALL; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; WEATHER RADAR; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

DATA PROCESSING; GAGES; MICROWAVE LINKS; MICROWAVES; RADAR;

RAIN;

DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 67349239292     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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