Spatio-temporal analyses of correlation between NOAA satellite RFE and weather stations' rainfall record in Ethiopia

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Beyene, Ephrem Gebremariam ^a   Meissner, Bernd ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monitoring food security using remotely sensed data; RFE validation; Satellite and weather stations' Rainfall Data

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DATA SET; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; IMAGING METHOD; MONITORING; NOAA SATELLITE; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION; WINTER;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 75349110210     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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