Ground networks: Are we doing the right thing?

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2007, Pages 403-417

  Krajewski, Witold F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler Radar; Doppler Weather Radar; Drop Size Distribution; Global Precipitation Climatology Project; Tropical Rainfall Measure Mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84655164532     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5835-6_32     Document Type: Chapter

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