A brief evaluation of precipitation from the North American regional reanalysis

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 837-846

  Bukovsky, Melissa S ^a   Karoly, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848845256     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM595.1     Document Type: Article

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