Evaluation of TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis (TMPA) in a mountainous region of the central Andes range with a Mediterranean climate

Hydrology Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-105

  Castro, Lina Mabel ^a,b   Miranda, Marcelo ^a   Fernández, Bonifacio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Geografia   (Chile)

Author keywords

Categorical evaluation; Mediterranean region; Mountainous regions; Sparse rain gauges; TMPA

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GAGES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; REGIONAL PLANNING; SATELLITES;

CATEGORICAL EVALUATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; RAIN GAUGES; TMPA;

RAIN;

FRONTAL FEATURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRMM;

ANDES;

EID: 84926377917     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.096     Document Type: Article

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