Evaluation of TRMM rain estimates using ground measurements over central Florida

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 926-940

  Wang, Jianxin ^a,b   Wolff, David B ^a,b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Radars Radar observations; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Surface observations

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL CYCLE; FLORIDA; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; GROUND VALIDATIONS; MELBOURNE; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAIN GAUGES; RAIN RATES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPACE-BASED; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TEMPORAL SAMPLING; TIME-SCALES; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES;

RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

RAIN;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRMM;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864840235     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-080.1     Document Type: Article

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