Dual-Polarization Radar Estimation of Rainfall Parameters Compared with Ground-Based Disdrometer Measurements: October 29, 1982 Central Illinois Experiment

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-25, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 834-844

  Aydin, Kultegin ^a   Direskeneli, Haldun ^a   Seliga, Thomas A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84899825402     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1987.289755     Document Type: Article

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