Global precipitation measurement

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-353

  Kidd, Chris ^a   Huffman, George ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; Microwave; Precipitation; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

GAGES; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

SATELLITES;

GAUGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 80051905151     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.284     Document Type: Review

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