Kalman filter-based CMORPH

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1547-1563

  Joyce, Robert J ^a,b   Xie, Pingping ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Wyle Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Climate records; Hydrometeorology; Kalman filters; Precipitation; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; KALMAN FILTER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 80755154526     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-022.1     Document Type: Article

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