An experiment to measure the spatial variability of rain drop size distribution using sixteen laser disdrometers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Tapiador, F J ^a   Checa, R ^a   De Castro, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; RAIN GAGES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CROSS CORRELATIONS; DISDROMETERS; RAIN DROP SIZE; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

RAIN;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROMETRY; LASER METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 77956088150     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044120     Document Type: Article

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