Improving satellite-based rainfall accumulation estimates using spaceborne surface soil moisture retrievals

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-212

  Crow, Wade T ^a   Huffman, George J ^b   Bindlish, Rajat ^a   Jackson, Thomas J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; KALMAN FILTER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADIOMETER; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349103666     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM986.1     Document Type: Article

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