A detailed evaluation of GPCP 1° daily rainfall estimates over the Mississippi River basin

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 665-681

  Gebremichael, Mekonnen ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^a   Morrissey, Mark L ^b   Huffman, George J ^c   Adler, Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ERROR STATISTICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAIN; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT (GPCP); SAMPLING ERRORS; SPATIAL MAPS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744451589     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2233.1     Document Type: Article

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