Evaluation of TMPA satellite-based research and real-time rainfall estimates during six tropical-related heavy rainfall events over Louisiana, USA

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-388

  Habib, Emad ^a   Henschke, Amy ^a   Adler, Robert F ^b  

^a University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Satellite rainfall; Statistical evaluation; TRMM; Tropical storms

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION VALUE; DATA SETS; ERROR DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAVY RAINFALL; HIGH RESOLUTION; LANDFALLING; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA , USA; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL RATES; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; SPATIAL SCALE; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SURFACE-BASED; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRMM; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; TROPICAL STORMS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN GAGES; RESEARCH; SATELLITES; STORMS; TROPICS;

RAIN;

DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; GRAPHICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINGAUGE; REAL TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349285986     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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