UK citizen rainfall network: A pilot study

Weather

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 203-207

  Illingworth, Samuel Michael ^a   Muller, Catherine Louise ^b   Graves, Rosemarie ^c   Chapman, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84906572180     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.2244     Document Type: Article

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