A new high-resolution satellite-derived precipitation dataset for climate studies

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 935-952

  Joseph, Renu ^a   Smith, Thomas M ^b,c   Sapiano, Mathew R P ^c   Ferraro, Ralph R ^b,c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERPOLATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952696528     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1096.1     Document Type: Article

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