Precipitation observation using microwave backhaul links in the alpine and pre-alpine region of Southern Germany

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2647-2661

  Chwala, C ^a   Gmeiner, A ^a,c   Qiu, W ^a   Hipp, S ^b   Nienaber, D ^b   Siart, U ^b   Eibert, T ^b   Pohl, M ^c   Seltmann, J ^d   Fritz, J ^e   Kunstmann, H ^a,f  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^e ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; ATTENUATION DATA; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DATA-BASE SERVERS; DETECTION ERROR RATE; MOUNTAIN VALLEYS; NEAR-SURFACE; RAIN GAUGES; RAIN RATES; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SMALL DATA; SOUTHERN GERMANY; WET AND DRY;

DROUGHT; GAGES; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAGES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84869461399     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2647-2012     Document Type: Article

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