Evaluating polarimetric X-band radar rainfall estimators during HMT

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-134

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; DISDROMETERS; DROP SHAPE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; POWER ESTIMATORS; POWER MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; RADAR COVERAGE; RAIN GAUGES; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RAINDROP SIZES; RAINFALL RATES; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TOTAL RAINFALL; X-BAND RADARS;

ASPECT RATIO; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PRESSURE DROP; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; STATISTICS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACCUMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77952513458     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1318.1     Document Type: Article

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