A comparison of precipitation estimation techniques over Lake Okeechobee, Florida

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1029-1043

  Dyer, Jamie L ^a,b   Garza, Reggina Cabrera ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAKE OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; MEAN AREA PRECIPITATION (MAP); PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; SOUTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER (SERFC);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11344267019     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/824.1     Document Type: Article

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