Estimation of gamma raindrop size distribution parameters: Statistical fluctuations and estimation errors

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1572-1584

  Mallet, Cécile ^a   Barthes, Laurent ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION EFFECT; DISDROMETERS; ERROR MEASUREMENTS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GAMMA-DISTRIBUTED; INTEGRATION TIME; LEAST SQUARE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; REAL MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL FLUCTUATIONS; STATISTICAL SAMPLING; THREE PARAMETERS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649566439     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1199.1     Document Type: Article

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