A simple method to retrieve 3-hourly estimates of global tropical and subtropical precipitation from International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program (ISCCP) D1 data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 146-155

  Todd, Martin ^a   Washington, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032756804     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0146:ASMTRH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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