Comparison of TRMM radar rainfall estimates with NOAA next-generation QPE

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87 A, Issue , 2009, Pages 109-118

  Amitai, E ^a,b   Llort, X ^c   Sempere Torres, D ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; SIR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549129349     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87A.109     Document Type: Article

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