Intercomparison of rainfall estimates from radar, satellite, gauge, and combinations for a season of record rainfall

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-452

  Gourley, Jonathan J ^a   Hong, Yang ^b   Flamig, Zachary L ^b   Li, Li ^b   Wang, Jiahu ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE; INTERCOMPARISONS; MULTI SENSOR; OKLAHOMA; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL SCALE;

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; SOIL MOISTURE;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953500572     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2302.1     Document Type: Article

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