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Comments on “A Relationship between Reflectivity and Snow Rate for a High-Altitude S-Band Radar”

Paul L. Smith South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota

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01 Mar 2013
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-12-066.1
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Corresponding author address: Paul L. Smith, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. Saint Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701. E-mail: paul.smith@sdsmt.edu

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0112.1.

Corresponding author address: Paul L. Smith, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. Saint Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701. E-mail: paul.smith@sdsmt.edu

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0112.1.

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