Validation of TRMM and other rainfall estimates with a high-density gauge dataset for West Africa. Part I: Validation of GPCC rainfall product and Pre-TRMM satellite and blended products

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1337-1354

  Nicholson, Sharon E ^a   Some, B ^b,c   McCollum, J ^d   Nelkin, E ^e   Klotter, D ^a   Berte, Y ^f   Diallo, B M ^g   Gaye, I ^g   Kpabeba, G ^h   Ndiaye, O ⁱ   Noukpozounkou, J N ^g   Tanu, M M ^j   Thiam, A ^k   Toure, A A ^l   Traore, A K ^m  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre Regional Agrhymet   (Niger)

^c Service Meteorologique Nationale   (Burkina Faso)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Department Studies Development and Environment   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g Direction Natl de la Meteorologie ^*  (Benin)

^h Direction de la Meteorologie Natl   (Togo)

ⁱ Direction Natl de la Meteorologie   (Senegal)

^j Meteorological Services Department   (Ghana)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^l Direction Nationale de la Sante   (Mali)

^m Direction de la Meteorologie Natl   (Niger)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

DATA SETS; RAINFALL ESTIMATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0344066290     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1337:VOTAOR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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