Polarimetric radar-based estimates of spatial variability in characteristic sizes of raindrops in stratiform rainfall

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2514-2525

  Matrosov, Sergey Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Radars radar observations; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; CROSS-COUPLINGS; DATA POINTS; DIFFERENT SCALE; DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LIMITING FACTORS; MEAN VALUES; MEASUREMENT MODES; MEASUREMENT NOISE; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; SPACE-BORNE SENSOR; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

DROPS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84856133459     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-053.1     Document Type: Article

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