Toward the use of integral radar volume descriptors for quantitative areal precipitation estimation: Results from pseudoradar observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1798-1813

  Trömel, Silke ^a   Simmer, Clemens ^a   Braun, Jürgen ^a   Gerstner, Thomas ^a   Griebel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA-WIDE; AREAL COVERAGE; AREAL PRECIPITATION; DESCRIPTORS; EXPECTED VALUES; FRACTIONAL AREA; HORIZONTAL STANDARDS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADIO SOUNDINGS; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; REGIONAL WEATHER; RELATIVE ERRORS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEST SETS; TOTAL RAINFALL; VOLUME DATA;

RADAR; RAIN; REFLECTION; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 73149090067     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1203.1     Document Type: Article

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