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Anagnostou, M.N., Anagnostou, E.N. (2008). Performance of algorithms for rainfall retrieval from dual-polarization X-band radar measurements. In: Michaelides, S. (eds) Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0_12
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