Uncertainty analysis of bias from satellite rainfall estimates using copula method

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-166

  Moazami, Saber ^a,d   Golian, Saeed ^b   Kavianpour, M Reza ^a   Hong, Yang ^c,d  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias adjustment; Copula; PERSIANN; Satellite rainfall estimates; TMPA 3B42; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIAS-ADJUSTMENT; COPULA; PERSIANN; SATELLITE RAINFALLS; TMPA-3B42; UNCERTAINTY;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; SATELLITES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 84886258305     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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