A preliminary investigation of radar rainfall estimation in the Ardennes region and a first hydrological application for the Ourthe catchment

This paper presents a first assessment of the hydrometeorological potential of a C-band doppler weather radar recently installed by the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium near the village of Wideumont in the southern Ardennes region. An analysis of the vertical profile of reflectivity for two...

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Main Authors: A. Berne, M. ten Heggeler, R. Uijlenhoet, L. Delobbe, Ph. Dierickx, M. de Wit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2005-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/5/267/2005/nhess-5-267-2005.pdf