Resolution errors associated with gridded precipitation fields

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1957-1963

  Willmott, C J ^a   Johnson, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gridded data; Precipitation; Resolution error

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN GAGES;

GRIDDED DATA; RAINFALL CLIMATOLOGY; RESOLUTION ERROR;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ERROR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 29544452743     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1235     Document Type: Article

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