Investigations of error sources of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project emission algorithm

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D22, 1998, Pages 28711-28719

  McCollum, Jeffrey R ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^b  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ERROR CORRECTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0033610819     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02580     Document Type: Article

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