Challenges of satellite rainfall estimation over mountainous and arid parts of east africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5965-5979

  Dinku, Tufa ^a   Ceccato, Pietro ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAINFALL CLIMATOLOGIES; SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATION; SATELLITE RAINFALLS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN GAGES;

ALGORITHM; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DJIBOUTI [EAST AFRICA]; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS; SOMALIA;

EID: 82055185083     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.499381     Document Type: Article

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