Objectively determined 10-day African rainfall estimates created for famine early warning systems

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2147-2159

  Herman, A ^a   Kumar, V B ^a   Arkin, P A ^b   Kousky, J V ^b  

^a Res and Data Systems Corporation   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN; WIND;

FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FAMINE; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

EID: 0031182531     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217800     Document Type: Article

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