Global monthly precipitation estimates from satellite-observed outgoing longwave radiation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-164

  Xie, Pingping ^a,b   Arkin, Phillip A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ESTIMATION; RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MEAN ANNUAL CYCLE; MICROWAVE SCATTERING; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION; SATELLITE SENSING;

EID: 0032004101     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0137:GMPEFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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