The version-2 global precipitation climatology project (GPCP) monthly precipitation analysis (1979-present)

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1147-1167

  Adler, Robert F ^a   Huffman, George J ^a   Chang, Alfred ^a   Ferraro, Ralph ^b   Xie, Ping Ping ^c   Janowiak, John ^c   Rudolf, Bruno ^d   Schneider, Udo ^d   Curtis, Scott ^e   Bolvin, David ^a   Gruber, Arnold ^b   Susskind, Joel ^a   Arkin, Philip ^f   Nelkin, Eric ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGERY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0842334547     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<1147:TVGPCP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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