Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products over very complex terrain in Ethiopia

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1044-1051

  Hirpa, Feyera A ^a   Gebremichael, Mekonnen ^a   Hopson, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Infrared radiation; Microwave observations; Precipitation; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ETHIOPIA; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE DATA; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; PERSIANN; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION FROM REMOTELY SENSED INFORMATION; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL FIELDS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VERY COMPLEX TERRAIN;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GAGES; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVES; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

RAIN;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPLEX TERRAIN; INFRARED IMAGERY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77955587763     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2298.1     Document Type: Article

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