Utilization of specific attenuation for tropical rainfall estimation in complex terrain

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2250-2266

  Wang, Yadong ^a,b   Zhang, Pengfei ^a,b   Ryzhkov, Alexander V ^a,b   Zhang, Jian ^b   Chang, Pao Liang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Radars Radar observations; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPLEX TERRAIN; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84905912011     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0003.1     Document Type: Article

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