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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3837-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3837-2016
Research article
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18 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 18 Aug 2016

Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis

C. Z. van de Beek, H. Leijnse, P. Hazenberg, and R. Uijlenhoet

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