Critical steps for continuing advancement of satellite rainfall applications for surface hydrology in the nile river basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 361-366

  Gebremichael, Mekonnen ^a   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a   Bitew, Menberu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation error; Hydrologic modeling; Nile basin; Satellite rainfall

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STEPS; DATA ACCESSIBILITY; DATA SETS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; ESTIMATION ERRORS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; MODEL COMPLEXITY; NILE BASIN; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS; RESEARCH RESULTS; RIVER BASINS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; SITU SENSOR; SMALL REGION; SURFACE HYDROLOGY;

ERRORS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; WATERSHEDS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR;

NILE BASIN;

EID: 77955185293     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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