Effects of rain gauge temporal resolution on the specification of a Z-R relationship

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1302-1314

  Mapiam, Punpim Puttaraksa ^a   Sriwongsitanon, Nutchanart ^a   Chumchean, Siriluk ^b   Sharma, Ashish ^c  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGKOK , THAILAND; BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; DATA SETS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; RADAR RAINFALL; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS; RAINFALL RATES; SCALING EXPONENT; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL SCALING; WEATHER RADARS;

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

AUSTRALIA; BANGKOK; BRISBANE; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; THAILAND;

EID: 73049111572     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1161.1     Document Type: Article

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