Multi-scale evaluation of six high-resolution satellite monthly rainfall estimates over a humid region in China with dense rain gauges

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1272-1294

  Hu, Qingfang ^a,b   Yang, Dawen ^a   Li, Zhe ^a   Mishra, Ashok K ^c   Wang, Yintang ^b   Yang, Hanbo ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RAIN; SATELLITES;

DERIVED PRODUCTS; GANJIANG RIVER BASIN; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES; MONTHLY RAINFALLS; POOR PERFORMANCE; SATELLITE RAINFALLS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

RAIN GAGES;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMID TROPICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE DATA; TRMM;

CHINA; GAN BASIN; JIANGXI;

EID: 84894025864     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.876118     Document Type: Article

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