Evaluation of 2B31 TRMM-product rain estimates for single precipitation events over a region with complex topographic features

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Montero Martínez, Guillermo ^a   Zarraluqui Such, Víctor ^a   García García, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAGES; RAIN GAGES;

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DATA SETS; DATA SOURCE; HIGH ALTITUDE; HIGH-DENSITY; LEAST SQUARES FIT; LINEAR CORRELATION; ODDS RATIOS; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL RATES; SKILL SCORE; STUDY AREAS; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRMM;

EID: 84856038795     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016280     Document Type: Article

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