Estimation of satellite rainfall error variance using readily available geophysical features

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 288-304

  Gebregiorgis, Abebe S ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Error variance; Geophysical features; Rainfall rate; Regression model; Satellite rainfall; Season; Topography

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ERROR VARIANCE; GEOPHYSICAL FEATURES; RAINFALL RATES; REGRESSION MODEL; SATELLITE RAINFALLS; SEASON;

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN GAGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; POWER LAW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TOPOGRAPHY; TRMM; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890426166     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2238636     Document Type: Article

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