NEXRAD NWS polarimetric precipitation product evaluation for IFloodS

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1676-1699

  Cunha, Luciana K ^a,b   Smith, James A ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^c   Baeck, Mary Lynn ^a   Seo, Bong Chul ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiments; Flood events; Hydrologic models; Precipitation; Radars Radar observations; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 84939468641     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0148.1     Document Type: Article

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