Spatiotemporal disaggregation of remotely sensed precipitation for ensemble hydrologic modeling and data assimilation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 511-533

  Margulis, Steven A ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^b   McLaughlin, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33746086031     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM492.1     Document Type: Article

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