Satellite-driven downscaling of global reanalysis precipitation products for hydrological applications

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5077-5091

  Seyyedi, H ^a   Anagnostou, E N ^a   Beighley, E ^b   McCollum, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c FM GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; ERROR STATISTICS; FLOODS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NASA; RAIN GAGES; RUNOFF; SATELLITES; STORMS;

HYDROLOGIC APPLICATIONS; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASINS;

RAIN;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR CORRECTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RUNOFF; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRMM;

SUSQUEHANNA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918521349     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-5077-2014     Document Type: Article

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