Comparison of radar and gauge precipitation data in watershed models across varying spatial and temporal scales

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3505-3520

  Price, Katie ^a   Purucker, S Thomas ^a   Kraemer, Stephen R ^a   Babendreier, Justin E ^a   Knightes, Chris D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

MPE; Scale; Spatiotemporal; Stage IV NEXRAD; SWAT

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GAGES; QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; MPE; MULTI-SENSOR PRECIPITATIONS; SCALE; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIOTEMPORAL; SWAT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

NEUSE BASIN; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897481946     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9890     Document Type: Article

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