Application of copulas to modeling temporal sampling errors in satellite-derived rainfall estimates

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 404-408

  Gebremichael, Mekonnen ^a,c   Krajewski, Witold F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Estimation; Rainfall; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PARAMETRIC COPULA FUNCTION; RAINFALL RATE;

RAIN;

ERRORS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

COPULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34347380331     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2007)12:4(404)     Document Type: Article

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