Radar rainfall estimation for the post-event analysis of a Slovenian flash-flood case: Application of the Mountain Reference Technique at C-band frequency

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1349-1360

  Bouilloud, L ^a   Delrieu, G ^a   Boudevillain, B ^a   Borga, M ^b   Zanon, F ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; FLASH FLOOD; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY; TERRAIN; VERTICAL PROFILE;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 75749151311     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-1349-2009     Document Type: Article

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