Evaluation of satellite-based and reanalysis precipitation data in the tropical pacific

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 634-644

  Pfeifroth, Uwe ^a   Mueller, Richard ^b   Ahrens, Bodo ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

In situ atmospheric observations; Precipitation; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SITU ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN;

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; LASERS; NASA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DATA SET; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84875407046     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-049.1     Document Type: Article

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