Evaluation of GSMaP precipitation estimates over the contiguous United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 566-574

  Tian, Yudong ^a   Peters Lidard, Christa D ^b   Adler, Robert F ^b,c   Kubota, Takuji ^d   Ushio, Tomoo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77953354246     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1190.1     Document Type: Note

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