Comparison and evaluation of satellite derived precipitation products for hydrological modeling of the Zambezi River Basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 489-500

  Cohen Liechti, T ^a   Matos, J P ^a,b   Boillat, J L ^a   Schleiss, A J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SETS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; GROUND DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LARGE PARTS; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; OPERATION RULES; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; RAINFALL DATA; RECTANGULAR MESH; SPACE-BORNE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBBASINS; THRESHOLD CRITERION; TIME STEP; TRMM 3B42; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VOLUME RATIO; WET SEASON; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

ESTIMATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PIXELS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ZAMBEZI BASIN;

EID: 84857204097     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-489-2012     Document Type: Article

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