Nonsystematic errors of monthly oceanic rainfall derived from SSM/I

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1630-1638

  Chang, Alfred T C ^a   Chiu, Long S ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; RAINFALL;

EID: 0032712374     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1630:NEOMOR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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