Hydrologic evaluation of satellite precipitation products over a mid-size basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 397, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 225-237

  Behrangi, Ali ^a,b   Khakbaz, Behnaz ^b   Jaw, Tsou Chun ^b   AghaKouchak, Amir ^b   Hsu, Kuolin ^b   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Hydrologic modeling; Precipitation estimation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; CLIMATE STUDIES; COLD SEASON; EVALUATION; GLOBAL COVERAGE; HYDROLOGIC APPLICATIONS; HYDROLOGIC EVALUATIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; ILLINOIS RIVER; PERSIANN; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; PRECIPITATION RETRIEVALS; PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; SATELLITES PRODUCTS; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS; SUMMER MONTHS; TIME-SCALES;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STREAMFLOW;

ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651356869     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.11.043     Document Type: Article

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