Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7681-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7681-2021
Research article
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08 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 08 Dec 2021

Idealized simulation study of the relationship of disdrometer sampling statistics with the precision of precipitation rate measurement

Karlie N. Rees and Timothy J. Garrett

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