The TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA)

Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-22

  Huffman, George J ^a,b   Adler, Robert F ^a,c   Bolvin, David T ^a,b   Nelkin, Eric J ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

GPM; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Satellite; TRMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891377358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2915-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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