Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) quantitative precipitation estimation: Initial operating capabilities

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 621-638

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Howard, Kenneth ^a   Langston, Carrie ^b   Kaney, Brian ^b   Qi, Youcun ^b   Tang, Lin ^b   Grams, Heather ^b   Wang, Yadong ^b   Cockcks, Stephen ^b   Martinaitis, Steven ^b   Arthur, Ami ^b   Cooper, Karen ^b   Brogden, Jeff ^b   Kitzmillller, David ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS;

CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA; INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITIES; MULTI SENSOR; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION;

RADAR;

EID: 84971394485     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00174.1     Document Type: Article

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