Comparison of different fittings of drop spectra for rainfall retrievals

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-67

  Adirosi, E ^a,b   Baldini, L ^a   Lombardo, F ^c   Russo, F ^b   Napolitano, F ^b   Volpi, E ^c   Tokay, A ^d,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disdrometer; Drop size distribution; Rainfall remote sensing; Tail behavior

Indexed keywords

DROPS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; NASA; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

DISDROMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; LIGHT-TAILED DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD; TAIL BEHAVIOR;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84930662084     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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