Daily precipitation statistics for South America: An intercomparison between NCEP reanalyses and observations

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-117

  Silva, Viviane B S ^a   Kousky, Vernon E ^a   Higgins, R Wayne ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Model comparisons; Precipitation; South America

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79955047316     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1303.1     Document Type: Article

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