Independent assessment of incremental complexity in NWS multisensor precipitation estimator algorithms

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-155

  Habib, Emad ^a   Qin, Lingling ^a   Seo, Dong Jun ^b   Ciach, Grzegorz J ^a,c   Nelson, Brian R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic Data Center ^*  (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Estimation; Multisensor; Radar; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MERGING; RADAR; RAIN GAGES; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

ASSESSMENT; CONDITIONAL STATISTICS; ESTIMATOR ALGORITHMS; INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT; MULTI SENSOR; MULTI-SENSOR PRECIPITATIONS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SENSOR; WEATHER;

EID: 84881360138     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000638     Document Type: Article

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