Global precipitation at one-degree daily resolution from multisatellite observations

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-50

  Huffman, George J ^a,b   Adler, Robert F ^a   Morrissey, Mark M ^c   Bolvin, David T ^a,b   Curtis, Scott ^a,d   Joyce, Robert ^e,f   McGavock, Brad ^c   Susskind, Joel ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c Environmental Verification and Analysis Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^f Res and Data Systems Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0035530985     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2001)002<0036:GPAODD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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