Toward a framework for systematic error modeling of spaceborne precipitation radar with NOAA/NSSL ground radar-based national mosaic QPE

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1285-1300

  Kirstetter, Pierre Emmanuel ^a,b,d   Hong, Y ^a,d   Gourley, J J ^b   Chen, S ^a,d   Flamig, Z ^b,c   Zhang, J ^b   Schwaller, M ^e   Petersen, W ^f   Amitai, E ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies ^*  (United States)

^d National Weather Center   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^g CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; RADAR; RAINFALL; WATER BUDGET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868328871     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-0139.1     Document Type: Article

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