Intercomparison of spatial and temporal variability of various precipitation estimates

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 457-460

  Kondragunta, C R ^a   Gruber, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 0031459634     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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