Effects of resolution of satellite-based rainfall estimates on hydrologic modeling: Skill at different scales

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 593-613

  Vergara, Humberto ^a,b   Hong, Yang ^a   Gourley, Jonathan J ^b   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^c   Maggioni, Viviana ^c   Stampoulis, Dimitrios ^c   Kirstetter, Pierre Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TRMM;

EID: 84898004455     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0113.1     Document Type: Article

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