Spatial downscaling of TRMM 3B43 precipitation considering spatial heterogeneity

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3074-3093

  Chen, Fengrui ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Liu, Qiang ^b   Li, Xi ^c  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYING; VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN GAGES;

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DOWNSCALING; HETEROGENEITY; NDVI; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRMM; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA;

EID: 84899656640     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.902550     Document Type: Article

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