Marine X-band weather radar data calibration

Rainfall in the Urban Context: Forecasting, Risk and Climate Change

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-44

  Thorndahl, S ^a   Rasmussen, M R ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calibration; Quantitative precipitation estimates; Rain gauge; Weather radar; X band

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REAL TIME CONTROL;

CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; MARINE X-BAND RADARS; PRECIPITATION VOLUME; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES; RAIN GAUGES; WEATHER RADAR DATA; X BANDS; X-BAND WEATHER RADAR;

MARINE RADAR;

EID: 84878176020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.04.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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