Evaluation of radar rainfall products: Lessons learned from the NASA TRMM validation program in Florida

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1492-1505

  Amitai, Eyal ^a,b   Marks, David A ^a,b   Wolff, David B ^a,c   Silberstein, David S ^a,b   Fisher, Brad L ^a,c   Pippitt, Jason L ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GROUND VALIDATION (GV); RADAR RAINFALL; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

METEOROLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALGORITHM; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845651741     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1968.1     Document Type: Article

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