Assessing satellite-based rainfall estimates in semiarid watersheds using the USDA-ARS walnut gulch gauge network and TRMM PR

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1579-1588

  Amitai, Eyal ^a,b   Unkrich, Carl L ^c   Goodrich, David C ^b   Habib, Emad ^d   Thill, Bryson ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; TRMM; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84869475032     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-016.1     Document Type: Article

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