Validation of remote-sensing precipitation products for Angola

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 395-409

  Pombo, Sandra ^a   de Oliveira, Rodrigo Proença ^a   Mendes, André ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Angola; Ground stations; Precipitation; Remote sensing rainfall products; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCES;

ANGOLA; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; GROUND STATIONS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION FROM REMOTELY SENSED INFORMATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA SET; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INSTALLATION; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

ANGOLA;

EID: 84936985844     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1467     Document Type: Article

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