Performance evaluation of radar and satellite rainfalls for Typhoon Morakot over Taiwan: Are remote-sensing products ready for gauge denial scenario of extreme events?

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 506, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-13

  Chen, Sheng ^a,b   Hong, Yang ^a,b   Cao, Qing ^a,b   Kirstetter, Pierre Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Gourley, Jonathan J ^c   Qi, Youcun ^c   Zhang, Jian ^c   Howard, Ken ^c   Hu, Junjun ^a,b   Wang, Jun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Radar; Rainfall; Satellite; Typhoon Morakot

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SATELLITE RAINFALLS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE; TYPHOON MORAKOT;

ESTIMATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GAGES; HURRICANES; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; EXTREME EVENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; TYPHOON;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84888049289     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.026     Document Type: Article

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