Validation of an infrared-based satellite algorithm to estimate accumulated rainfall over the Mediterranean basin

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 91-109

  Feidas, Haralambos ^a   Kokolatos, G ^b   Negri, A ^c   Manyin, M ^d   Chrysoulakis, N ^e   Kamarianakis, Y ^e  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTUMN; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFRARED IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADARSAT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TESTING METHOD;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 59249099270     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0360-y     Document Type: Article

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