Bias adjustment of satellite rainfall data through stochastic modeling: Methods development and application to Nepal

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-134

  Müller, Marc F ^a   Thompson, Sally E ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Areal precipitation; Bias correction; Himalayas; Rainfall interpolation; Remote sensing; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

AREAL PRECIPITATION; BIAS CORRECTION; CROSS-VALIDATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; HIMALAYAS; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; RAINFALL INTERPOLATION; SATELLITE RAINFALL DATA;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GAGES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

RAIN;

CORRECTION; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STOCHASTICITY; TRMM;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84883280317     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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