A comparison of rainfall estimation techniques for sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-26

  Symeonakis, Elias ^a   Bonifaçio, Rogerio ^b   Drake, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b United Nations WFP   (Sudan)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block kriging; FEWS; Indicator kriging; Meteosat; Precipitation; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; METEOSAT; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RUNOFF; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL EROSION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56949091369     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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