The spatial and temporal sampling errors inherent in low resolution radar estimates of rainfall

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-360

  Shucksmith, P E ^a   Sutherland Stacey, L ^a   Austin, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Precipitation PDF; QPE; Scales; X band

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; RAIN;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; SCALES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL SAMPLING ERRORS; X BANDS;

RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051880158     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.279     Document Type: Article

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