Comparative strengths of SCaMPR satellite QPEs with and without TRMM ingest versus gridded gauge-only analyses

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-170

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Seo, Dong Jun ^a   Kitzmiller, David ^a   Lee, Haksu ^a   Kuligowski, Robert J ^b   Kim, Dongsoo ^c   Kondragunta, Chandra R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c National Climatic Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Precipitation; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; TRMM;

LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875018906     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-053.1     Document Type: Article

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