Estimation of spatial-temporal rainfall distribution using remote sensing techniques: A case study of Makanya catchment, Tanzania

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Jeniffer, Kinoti ^a   Su, Zhongbo ^a   Woldai, Tsahaei ^a   Maathuis, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MSG; Rainfall estimation; Remote sensing; TRMM; Ungauged catchments and spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOSAT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 75349089214     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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