Satellite rainfall estimates over South America - Possible applicability to the water management of large watersheds

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 344-360

  Pereira Filho, Augusto J ^a   Carbone, Richard E ^b   Janowiak, John E ^c   Arkin, Phillip ^c   Joyce, Robert ^d   Hallak, Ricardo ^a   Ramos, Camila G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon hydropower; Satellite derived rainfall; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION TIME SCALE; AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON HYDROPOWER; AMAZON REGION; BASIN SCALE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LARGE WATERSHEDS; OTHER STATISTICS; PHASE SPEED; PRECIPITATION DATA; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL ANALYSIS; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; RAINY SEASONS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ESTIMATION; GAGES; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77955208922     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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