A comparison of gauge and radar-derived rainfall in a land falling typhoon in Taiwan

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-294

  Wu, Ray Shyan ^a   Chen, Ching Ho ^b   Shih, Dong Sin ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gauge observation; Precipitation; Precipitation variations; Radar rainfall; Typhoon Nari

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; RADAR; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

GAUGE OBSERVATION; PRECIPITATION VARIATIONS; RADAR RAINFALL;

RAIN;

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; RADAR; RAIN; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHIHMEN RESERVOIR; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947644766     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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