Evaluating detection skills of satellite rainfall estimates over desert locust recession regions

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1322-1332

  Dinku, Tufa ^a   Ceccato, Pietro ^a   Cressman, Keith ^b   Connor, Stephen J ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Desert meteorology; Rainfall; Satellite observations; Societal impacts

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DETECTION CAPABILITY; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; RAINFALL; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; REFERENCE DATA; REGION OF INTEREST; SATELLITE MAPPING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SINGLE PRODUCT; SOCIETAL IMPACTS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UNITED NATIONS; VALIDATION REGION;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; INFORMATION SERVICES; LANDFORMS; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; DESERT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA;

AFRICA; INDIA;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 77955523712     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2281.1     Document Type: Article

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