Identifying and Resolving the Barriers and Issues in Using Radar-Derived Rainfall Estimating Technology
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Volume 18, Issue 10
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Acknowledgments
This paper was developed under the ASCE/EWRI’s Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee, the Radar Rainfall Data and Application Task Committee. The authors are grateful for review comments provided by Dr. Henry Fuelberg, Mr. Randall Graham, Mr. Roger Kilgore, Dr. Witold Krajewski, Mr. Terry Ortel, Dr. Tom Over, Dr. Ramesh Teegavarapu, and Mr. Lou Torrence.
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Volume 18 • Issue 10 • October 2013
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Received: Oct 22, 2012
Accepted: Dec 12, 2012
Published online: Dec 14, 2012
Discussion open until: May 14, 2013
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