Validation study of TMPA 3B42V6 in a typical alpine and gorge region: Jinsha river basin, China

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3479-3492

  Yang, Y C ^a,b,c   Cheng, G W ^a   Fan, J H ^a   Li, W P ^a,b,d   Sun, J ^a,b   Sha, Y K ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DATA SET; GORGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRMM; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA; JINSHA BASIN;

EID: 84891092889     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-3479-2013     Document Type: Article

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