CMORPH: A method that produces global precipitation estimates from passive microwave and infrared data at high spatial and temporal resolution

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-503

  Joyce, Robert J ^a,b   Janowiak, John E ^a   Arkin, Phillip A ^c   Xie, Pingping ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RS Information Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 2442514138     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0487:CAMTPG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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