Evaluation of TRMM ground-validation radar-rain errors using rain gauge measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 310-324

  Wang, Jianxin ^a   Wolff, David B ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; ERROR VARIANCE; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RAIN ESTIMATION; RAIN GAUGES; RAIN RATES; SPACE-BASED; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION;

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAGES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 77953482826     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2264.1     Document Type: Article

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