Global precipitation measurement

Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-169

  Hou, Arthur Y ^a   Skofronick Jackson, Gail ^a   Kummerow, Christian D ^b   Shepherd, James Marshall ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84875082595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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