Evaluation of the new French operational weather radar product for the field of urban hydrology

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-32

  Emmanuel, I ^a   Andrieu, H ^a   Tabary, P ^b  

^a Laboratoire Centrale de Ponts et Chausées   (France)

^b Centre de Meteorologie Radar   (France)

Author keywords

Instrumental error; Rain gauge; Representativeness error; Urban hydrological scales; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; DIRECT USE; INSTRUMENTAL ERROR; PROCESSING CHAIN; QUALITY CODES; RADAR DATA; RADAR PROCESSING; RAIN GAUGE; RAIN GAUGE DATA; RAIN GAUGES; RAINY DAYS; REFERENCE DATA; URBAN HYDROLOGICAL SCALES; URBAN HYDROLOGY; URBAN SCALE; WEATHER RADARS;

HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

GAGES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 82755193711     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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