Hydrological evaluation of satellite-based rainfall estimates over the Volta and Baro-Akobo Basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 499, Issue , 2013, Pages 324-338

  Thiemig, Vera ^a,b   Rojas, Rodrigo ^a   Zambrano Bigiarini, Mauricio ^a   De Roo, Ad ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Hydrological evaluation; Hydrological modelling; Satellite based rainfall estimates; SRFE; Upper Nile

Indexed keywords

BIAS CORRECTION; HYDROLOGICAL EVALUATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; SRFE; UPPER NILE;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; INTERPOLATION; RAIN; SATELLITES;

RAIN GAGES;

CATCHMENT; DATA QUALITY; ERROR CORRECTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTERPOLATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRMM;

AKOBO BASIN; BARO BASIN; EAST AFRICA; SOUTH SUDAN; UPPER NILE; VOLTA BASIN;

EID: 84881234059     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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