Rainfall statistics evaluation of ECMWF model and TRMM data over Bangladesh for flood related studies

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 501-512

  Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a   Singh Arya, Dhyan ^b   Goel, Narendra Kumar ^b   Mitra, Ashis Kumar ^c  

^a Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

Author keywords

Continuous variables; Design flood; ECMWF; Flood forecasting; GBM basins; TRMM; Visual verification; Yes no dichotomous

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; DESIGN FLOOD; ECMWF; FLOOD FORECASTING; GBM BASINS; TRMM; VISUAL VERIFICATION; YES/NO DICHOTOMOUS;

RAIN GAGES;

DESIGN FLOOD; FLOOD; MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRMM;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84870712951     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.293     Document Type: Article

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