Satellite precipitation measurements for water resource monitoring

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-579

  Kidd, Chris ^a   Levizzani, Vincenzo ^b   Turk, Joe ^b   Ferraro, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hydrologic cycle; Meteorology; Precipitation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EARTH SYSTEMS; HOLISTIC VIEW; HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; RESOURCE MONITORING; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; SATELLITE SYSTEM; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TECHNIQUES USED;

HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WATER RESOURCES;

RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 66149107898     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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