Intercomparison of global precipitation products: The third precipitation intercomparison project (PIP-3)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1377-1396

  Adler, Robert F ^a   Kidd, Christopher ^b   Petty, Grant ^c   Morissey, Mark ^d   Goodman, H Michael ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000059148     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<1377:IOGPPT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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