Applications of TRMM-based multi-satellite precipitation estimation for global runoff prediction: Prototyping a global flood modeling system

Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 245-265

  Hong, Yang ^a   Adler, Robert F ^b,c   Huffman, George J ^b,d   Pierce, Harold ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood; Global flood modeling; Satellite Precipitation; TRMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049345362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2915-7_15     Document Type: Chapter

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