A comparison of the NCEP-NCAR reanalysis precipitation and the GPCP rain gauge-satellite combined dataset with observational error considerations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2960-2979

  Janowiak, John E ^a,d   Gruber, Arnold ^b   Kondragunta, C R ^b   Livezey, Robert E ^a   Huffman, George J ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES;

OBSERVATIONAL ERRORS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032215362     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2960:ACOTNN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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