South African Weather Service operational satellite based precipitation estimation technique: Applications and improvements

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1131-1145

  De Coning, E ^a   Poolman, E ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS CORRECTION; EXTREME WEATHER; FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE; LOCAL VERSIONS; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; NEW PRODUCT; NOWCASTING; POINT MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION METHODS; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL FIELDS; RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIFIED MODEL; WEATHER SERVICES;

ESTIMATION; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLASH FLOOD; METEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; NOAA SATELLITE; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79953835745     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1131-2011     Document Type: Article

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