Evaluating the performance of remote sensing precipitation products CMORPH, PERSIANN, and TMPA, in the arid region of northwest China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 429-445

  Yang, Yanfen ^a,b   Luo, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84891398167     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1072-0     Document Type: Article

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