Experimental quantification of the sampling uncertainty associated with measurements from PARSIVEL disdrometers

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-370

  Jaffrain, Joël ^a   Berne, Alexis ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Optical properties; Radar observations; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LAUSANNE; SWITZERLAND; VAUD;

EID: 79955634005     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1244.1     Document Type: Article

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