Assessment of the Thies optical disdrometer performance

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 237-255

  Frasson, Renato Prata de Moraes ^a   da Cunha, Luciana Kindl ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Instrumental inter comparison; Optical disdrometers; Rainfall observation; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BEAM PATTERN; CALIBRATION DATA; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; DIAMETER ERROR; DIAMETER MEASUREMENT; DISDROMETER MEASUREMENT; DISDROMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; INTERCOMPARISONS; LOW MAINTENANCE; MEASUREMENT DEVICE; OPTICAL DISDROMETERS; OPTICAL EXTINCTION; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAINFALL OBSERVATION; RAINFALL RATES; SENSING AREAS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPHERE DIAMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIPPING BUCKET; WEATHER STATIONS;

CALIBRATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DROPS; INSTRUMENTS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MEASUREMENTS; RAIN; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPHERES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; RADAR; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKEWNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND;

EID: 79957961841     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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