The Operational GOES Infrared Rainfall Estimation Technique

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1883-1893

  Vicente, Gilberto A ^a   Scofield, Roderick A ^a   Menzel, W Paul ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOES; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0032458688     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<1883:togire>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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