Evaluation of high-resolution precipitation estimates from satellites during July 2012 Beijing flood event using dense rain gauge observations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Sheng ^a   Liu, Huijuan ^b   You, Yalei ^c   Mullens, Esther ^d   Hu, Junjun ^a   Yuan, Ye ^b   Huang, Mengyu ^e   He, Li ^f,g   Luo, Yongming ^f,g   Zeng, Xingji ^g   Tang, Guoqiang ^h   Hong, Yang ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b Anhui Weather Modification Office   (China)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e Beijing Weather Modification Office   (China)

^f Remote Sensing Application Test Base of National Satellite Center   (China)

^g Guangxi Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^h TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DENSE RAIN GAUGE; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; GEOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

BEIJING; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898892692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089681     Document Type: Article

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