Radar echo patterns in North Dakota and implications for the design of rain gage networks to support operational radar rainfall measurement

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Radar echo patterns in North Dakota and implications for the design of rain gage networks to support operational radar rainfall measurement

1978
Series: Report (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Institute of Atmospheric Sciences) 78-2

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Institute of Atmospheric Sciences. ; United States. National Weather Service.
NOAA Program & Office:

NWS (National Weather Service)
Description:

A study was made of the precipitation patterns obtained from digital recordings of radar echoes from one summer's rainfall in North Dakota. The data were analyzed to yield frequency distributions of the percentage of the total radar surveillance area covered by echoes.
Keywords:

Measurement Radar Meteorology Rain And Rainfall Rain Gauges Radar Meteorology Rain And Rainfall Rain Gauges
Series:

Report (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Institute of Atmospheric Sciences) 78-2
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PDF
Document Type:

Miscellaneous
Funding:

Contract no. 5-35376
Place as Subject:

North Dakota
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Information:

CC0 Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:af4aff6bdac7782b9790d0454abd8b12f506a16bb26abe4dbe2a52f2b04d20ab
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/60755/noaa_60755_DS1.pdf
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