Assessing high-latitude winter precipitation from global precipitation analyses using GRACE

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-420

  Swenson, Sean ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; ERROR CORRECTION; GRACE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; WATER STORAGE; WINTER;

EID: 77953345471     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1194.1     Document Type: Article

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