Precipitation measurement at CESAR, the Netherlands

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1322-1329

  Leijnse, H ^a,c   Uijlenhoet, R ^a   van de Beek, C Z ^a,d   Overeem, A ^a   Otto, T ^b   Unal, C M H ^b   Dufournet, Y ^b   Russchenberg, H W J ^b   Figueras i Ventura, J ^b,e   Klein Baltink, H ^c   Holleman, I ^c,f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d EARS   (Netherlands)

^e MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cloud microphysics; Data assimilation; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATABASE; DOPPLER RADAR; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78651448965     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1245.1     Document Type: Article

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