The NRL-Blend high resolution precipitation product and its application to land surface hydrology

Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 85-104

  Turk, Joseph T ^a   Mostovoy, Georgy V ^b   Anantharaj, Valentine ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPM; Hydrology; Microwave; Model; Satellite; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858322157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2915-7_6     Document Type: Chapter

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