Incorporating satellite observations of 'no rain' in an Australian daily rainfall analysis

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-56

  Ebert, Elizabeth E ^a   Weymouth, Gary T ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THRESHOLD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032599691     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0044:ISOONR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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