A Joss-Waldvogel disdrometer derived rainfall estimation study by collocated tipping bucket and rapid response rain gauges

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-150

  Islam, Tanvir ^a   Rico Ramirez, Miguel A ^a   Han, Dawei ^a   Srivastava, Prashant K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Instrumental measurements; Precipitation uncertainties; Radar errors; Raindrop spectra; Small scale variability; Stratiform and convective

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859747726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.376     Document Type: Article

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