Theoretical and empirical scale dependency of Z-R relationships: Evidence, impacts, and correction

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7435-7449

  Verrier, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Barthès, Laurent ^a   Mallet, Cécile ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Disdrometer data; Multifractals; Quantitative precipitation estimation; Rainfall; Scaling; Z R relationships

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; RUBIDIUM;

DISDROMETER DATA; MULTIFRACTALS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; SCALING; Z-R RELATIONSHIPS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; DATA SET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINFALL; RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84882804393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50557     Document Type: Article

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