A preliminary appraisal of Thurnham dual polarisation radar in the context of hydrological modelling structure

Hydrology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 736-752

  Zhu, D ^a   Cluckie, I D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutter removal; Dual polarisation radar; Flood forecasting; Hydrological modelling; Rainfall estimation; Signal attenuation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CARTESIANS; EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LONDON , UK; MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE; RADAR COVERAGE; RADAR RAINFALL; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; RAINFALL RATES; RAINGAUGE MEASUREMENTS; SHORT TERM; SIGNAL ATTENUATION;

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870812291     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.023     Document Type: Article

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