Multiscale hydrologic applications of the latest satellite precipitation products in the Yangtze river basin using a distributed hydrologic model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 407-426

  Li, Zhe ^a   Yang, Dawen ^a   Gao, Bing ^b   Jiao, Yang ^a   Hong, Yang ^a,c   Xu, Tao ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Three Gorges Water Cascade Dispatch and Communication Center   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84922838447     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0105.1     Document Type: Article

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