Variability of space-time mean rain rate

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 443-451

  Kedem, B ^a   Pfeiffer, R ^a   Short, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL RATE; SPACE/TIME MEAN; TRMM;

EID: 0031446292     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0443:VOSTMR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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