Global daily precipitation fields form bias-corrected rain gauge and satelite observations. Part I: Design and development

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-539

  Kottek, Markus ^a   Rubel, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 36248960059     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2007/0214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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