Hydrologic evaluation of rainfall estimates from radar, satellite, gauge, and combinations on Ft. Cobb basin, Oklahoma

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 973-988

  Gourley, Jonathan J ^a   Hong, Yang ^b   Flamig, Zachary L ^a,b   Wang, Jiahu ^b   Vergara, Humberto ^a,b   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood events; Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Radars Radar observations; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960276322     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JHM1287.1     Document Type: Article

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