Validation and intercomparison of satellite rainfall estimates over Colombia

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1004-1014

  Dinku, Tufa ^a   Ruiz, Franklyn ^b   Connor, Stephen J ^a   Ceccato, Pietro ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Institute of Meteorology Hydrology and Environmental Studies   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; South America

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BLENDED PRODUCTS; COLOMBIA; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DAILY RAINFALL; DRY REGION; INTERCOMPARISONS; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; PERSIANN; POOR PERFORMANCE; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION FROM REMOTELY SENSED INFORMATION; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL REGIME; REFERENCE DATA; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; SATELLITE MAPPING; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATION NETWORK; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VALIDATION RESULTS; VERY COMPLEX TERRAIN;

GAGES; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

RAIN;

KALMAN FILTER; MAPPING; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRAIN;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; COLOMBIA; PACIFIC COAST [COLOMBIA]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 77955589434     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2260.1     Document Type: Article

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