Scoping a field experiment: Error diagnostics of TRMM precipitation radar estimates in complex terrain as a basis for IPHEx2014

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1501-1520

  Duan, Y ^a   Wilson, A M ^a   Barros, A P ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPLEX NETWORKS; DIAGNOSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR DETECTION; ERRORS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDFORMS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; NASA; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; SPACE-BASED RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NON-UNIFORM BEAM FILLINGS; SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIELD METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; TRMM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 84925665401     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-1501-2015     Document Type: Article

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