Statistical adjustment of satellite microwave monthly rainfall estimates over Amazonia

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1590-1598

  Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a,c   Negri, Andrew J ^b   Adler, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033377417     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1590:SAOSMM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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