Intercomparison of high-resolution precipitation products over Northwest Europe

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-83

  Kidd, C ^a,b   Bauer, P ^c   Turk, J ^d   Huffman, G J ^a,e   Joyce, R ^f   Hsu, K L ^g   Braithwaite, D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

GOES; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84858308742     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-042.1     Document Type: Article

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