Comparison of TRMM and water district rain rates over New Mexico

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Chiu, Long S ^a,b   Liu, Zhong ^a,b   Vongsaard, Jearanai ^b,d   Morain, Stanley ^c   Budge, Amy ^c   Neville, Paul ^c   Bales, Chandra ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Thai Royal Military Academy   (Thailand)

Author keywords

New Mexico; Satellite precipitation; Surface rain; TRMM; Water District

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144439700     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-006-0001-x     Document Type: Article

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