Evaluation of long-term SSM/I-based precipitation records over land

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2012-2029

  Alemohammad, Seyed Hamed ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^a   Mclaughlin, Dennis B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; MAPPING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84907477121     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0171.1     Document Type: Article

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