Evaluation of TRMM PR sampling error over a subtropical basin using bootstrap technique

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6870-6881

  Indu, J ^a   Nagesh Kumar, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Basin; bootstrap; sampling error; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RAIN; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE;

BASIN; BOOTSTRAP; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; LOW EARTH ORBITING SATELLITES; SAMPLING ERRORS; SAMPLING UNCERTAINTIES; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN GAGES;

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRMM;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MAHANADI BASIN;

EID: 84902077113     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2304466     Document Type: Article

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