Comparison of GCIP and stage III radar-rainfall estimates over the Mississippi River Basin for 1997

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 341, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Rogalus III, Michael J ^a   Ogden, Fred L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Data study; Evaluation; Event time scale; Gage comparison; Rainfall; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EVENT TIME-SCALE; GAGE COMPARISON;

RAIN;

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447095424     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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