Multitemporal comparative analysis of TRMM-3B42 satellite-estimated rainfall with surface gauge data at basin scales: Daily, decadal and monthly evaluations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 7662-7684

  Ouma, Yashon O ^a,b   Owiti, Titus ^a   Kibiiy, Joel ^a   Tateishi, Ryutaro ^b   Kipkorir, Emmanuel ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84884358935     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.701347     Document Type: Article

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