Intercomparison of rain gauge, radar, and satellite-based precipitation estimates with emphasis on hydrologic forecasting

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 497-517

  Yilmaz, Koray K ^a   Hogue, Terri S ^b   Hsu, Kuo Lin ^c   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^c   Gupta, Hoshin V ^a   Wagener, Thorsten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 26444540803     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM431.1     Document Type: Article

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