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Schönhuber, M., Lammer, G., Randeu, W.L. (2008). The 2D-Video-Distrometer. In: Michaelides, S. (eds) Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0_1
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