Utility of optimal reflectivity-rain rate (Z-R) relationships for improved precipitation estimates

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4681-4691

  Pathak, Chandra ^a   Teegavarapu, Ramesh S ^b  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Hydrology; Precipitation; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING METHODS; OPTIMAL REFLECTIVITY; OPTIMAL VALUES; OPTIMIZATION FORMULATIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL RATES; REFLECTIVITY DATA; SOUTH FLORIDA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEST DATA;

ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; RAIN; REFLECTION; STORMS; TEST FACILITIES; WATER;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 77954968860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41114(371)475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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