Hydro-NEXRAD-2: Real-time access to customized radar-rainfall for hydrologic applications

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 580-590

  Krajewski, Witold F ^a   Kruger, Anton ^a   Singh, Satpreet ^b   Seo, Bong Chul ^a   Smith, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Orbitz Worldwide LLC   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydro NEXRAD; NEXRAD; Real time rainfall estimation; Super resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876361843     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2012.227     Document Type: Article

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