Importance of no-rain measurements on the comparison of radar and rain gauge rain rate

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 924-933

  Yoo, Chulsang ^a   Kim, Kyoungjun ^a   Choi, Jeongho ^a   Ha, Eunho ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Design bias; Detection design; Mean field bias; Radar rain rate

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DETECTION DESIGN; MEAN-FIELD; MEAN-FIELD BIAS; RAIN GAUGES; RAIN MEASUREMENT; RAIN RATES; THEORETICAL RESULT;

DESIGN; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

DESIGN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 77951657823     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7537     Document Type: Article

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