Component analysis of errors in Satellite-based precipitation estimates

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Tian, Yudong ^a   Peters Lidard, Christa D ^a   Eylander, John B ^e   Joyce, Robert J ^h   Huffman, George J ^a,b   Adler, Robert F ^a,c   Hsu, Kuo Lin ^g   Turk, F Joseph ⁱ   Garcia, Matthew ^a,f   Zeng, Jing ^a,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^e Offutt Air Force Base   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAGES; SATELLITES; SNOW;

COMPONENT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; DATA SETS; DATA SOURCE; END-PRODUCTS; ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; ERROR DECOMPOSITION; ERROR SOURCES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; PRECIPITATION DATA; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE COMPONENT;

ERRORS;

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953337842     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011949     Document Type: Article

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