Pluriannual comparisons of satellite-based rainfall products over the Sahelian belt for seasonal vegetation modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Pierre, Caroline ^a   Bergametti, Gilles ^a   Marticorena, Béatrice ^a   Mougin, Eric ^b   Lebel, Thierry ^c   Ali, Abdou ^c,d  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GAGES; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

CRITICAL ISSUES; DRY SPELLS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MODIS LAI; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL FIELDS; RAINY DAYS; RAINY SEASONS; SAHELIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE DATA SETS; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME-SCALES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 80053063185     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016115     Document Type: Article

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