Regional evaluation through independent precipitation measurements: USA

Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 169-191

  Sapiano, Mathew R P ^a   Janowiak, John E ^a   Shi, Wei ^b   Higgins, R Wayne ^b   Silva, Viviane B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Model forecast; Precipitation; Satellite; US; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891474140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2915-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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