Evaluation of several rainfall products used for hydrological applications over West Africa using two high-resolution gauge networks

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 673, 2013, Pages 923-940

  Gosset, Marielle ^a   Viarre, Julien ^a   Quantin, Guillaume ^b   Alcoba, Matias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Benin; Hydrology; Niger; Quantitative rainfall estimates (QPE); Satellite rainfall estimates; Validation

Indexed keywords

BENIN; NIGER; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; SATELLITE RAINFALLS; VALIDATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; GAGES; GERMANIUM; HYDROLOGY; LASERS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; TRMM;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84879246412     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2130     Document Type: Article

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