Gridded daily Indian monsoon rainfall for 14 seasons: Merged TRMM and IMD gauge analyzed values

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1173-1182

  Mitra, Ashis K ^a   Momin, I M ^a   Rajagopal, E N ^a   Basu, S ^a   Rajeevan, M N ^b   Krishnamurti, T N ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

^b MoES   (India)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily merged rain data; Monsoon rainfall variability; Observed monsoon rain; Satellite rain; TRMM rainfall

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MONSOON; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRMM;

INDIA;

EID: 84889667555     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-013-0338-3     Document Type: Article

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