Comparison between TRMM/PR and AMeDAS ground rain gauge network in terms of annual rainfall

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2590-2593

  Kawamoto, Nozomi ^a   Oki, Riko ^b   Shimizu, Shuji ^b  

^a Remote Sensing Technology Cent of   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMeDAS; GPM DPR; precipitation; TRMM PR; validation

Indexed keywords

AMEDAS; ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUTOMATED METEOROLOGICAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; GPM/DPR; HEAVY RAINFALL; HEAVY RAINS; HEAVY SNOWFALL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAINFALL DATA; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; SAMPLING ERRORS; TRMM/PR; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; VALIDATION; WIDE AREA;

ERRORS; GAGES; GEOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING;

RAIN;

EID: 80955136705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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