On the uncertainties in validating satellite instantaneous rainfall estimates with raingauge operational network

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-81

  Porcù, Federico ^a   Milani, Lisa ^a,b   Petracca, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Raingauge; Validation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; INTERPOLATION ALGORITHMS; OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGIES; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RAIN GAUGES; SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITIES; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; VALIDATION;

SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 84899636607     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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