A real-time algorithm for merging radar QPEs with rain gauge observations and orographic precipitation climatology

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1794-1809

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Qi, Youcun ^b,c   Langston, Carrie ^b   Kaney, Brian ^b   Howard, Kenneth ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATOLOGY; FLASH FLOOD; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907458512     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0163.1     Document Type: Article

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