Validation of TMPA and GPCP 1DD against the ground truth rain-gauge data for Indian region

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2633-2648

  Joshi, Manish K ^a   Rai, Archana ^a   Pandey, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

GPCP 1DD; Indian monsoon; Precipitation; Rain gauge; Satellite; TMPA; Validation

Indexed keywords

GPCP 1DD; INDIAN MONSOON; RAIN-GAUGE; TMPA; VALIDATION;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRMM;

INDIA;

EID: 84885456651     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3612     Document Type: Article

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