The quality index for radar precipitation data: A tower of Babel?

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Einfalt, Thomas ^a   Szturc, Jan ^b   Ósródka, Katarzyna ^b  

^a Hydro and Meteo GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Quality; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR;

EID: 77954435428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.271     Document Type: Article

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