An intercomparison and validation of high-resolution satellite precipitation estimates with 3-hourly gauge data

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-166

  Sapiano, M R P ^a   Arkin, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349150670     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM1052.1     Document Type: Article

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