Calibrated radar-derived rainfall data for rainfall- runoff modeling

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 608-619

  Waleed, A R M ^a   Amin, M S M ^b   Halim, G Abdul ^a   Shariff, A R M ^b   Aimrun, W ^b  

^a Department of Civil Engineering ^*

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

GIS. Malaysia; Radar rainfall calibration; Radar derived rainfall; Virtual rainfall stations

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749146109     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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