Adjustment of daily precipitation data at 10 climate stations in Alaska: Application of World Meteorological Organization intercomparison results

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-256

  Yang, Daqing ^a,c   Goodison, Barry E ^a   Ishida, Shig ^a   Benson, Carl S ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Lanzhou Inst Glaciol G   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION; RAINGAUGE;

ALASKA; USA;

ERRORS; GAGES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; WETTING; WIND;

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CONSTANT CORRECTION FACTOR; DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; PRECIPITATION DATA; WIND-INDUCED UNDERCATCH; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 0031889366     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR02681     Document Type: Article

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