Developing GIOVANNI-based online prototypes to intercompare TRMM-related global gridded-precipitation products

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 168-181

  Liu, Zhong ^a,b   Ostrenga, Dana ^a,c   Teng, William ^a,c   Kempler, Steven ^a   Milich, Lenard ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADNET SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercomparison; Online tools; Precipitation; Satellite remote sensing; TRMM; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INTERCOMPARISONS; ON-LINE TOOLS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; TRMM; UNCERTAINTY;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUALITY CONTROL; TIME SERIES;

TOOLS;

ALGORITHM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; TRMM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896859423     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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