Radar-guided interpolation of climatological precipitation data

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-196

  DeGaetano, Arthur T ^a   Wilks, Daniel S ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Radar; Rainfall; Rainfall estimation; Rian gauge

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMPACT ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION ERROR; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; MULTI SENSOR; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL ESTIMATION; RIAN GAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ESTIMATION; GAGES; INTERPOLATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRISMS; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFINING;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 66049093863     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1714     Document Type: Article

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