Evaluation of spatial errors of precipitation rates and types from TRMM spaceborne radar over the southern conus

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1884-1896

  Chen, S ^a   Kirstetter, P E ^a,b   Hong, Y ^a   Gourley, J J ^b   Tian, Y D ^c,d   Qi, Y C ^d,e   Cao, Q ^a   Zhang, J ^b   Howard, K ^b   Hu, J J ^a   Xue, X W ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Hydrometeorology; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRMM;

EID: 84888857690     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-027.1     Document Type: Article

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