Evaluation of precipitation estimates over CONUS derived from satellite, radar, and rain gauge data sets at daily to annual scales (2002-2012)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2037-2056

  Prat, O P ^a,b   Nelson, B R ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAGES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS; DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGY NETWORK; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION DATA; RIVER FORECAST CENTERS; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928714601     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-2037-2015     Document Type: Article

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