Characterization of precipitation product errors across the United States using multiplicative triple collocation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3489-3503

  Alemohammad, S H ^a   McColl, K A ^a   Konings, A G ^a   Entekhabi, D ^a   Stoffelen, A ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND EFFECTS;

ADDITIVE ERROR MODEL; DATA ASSIMILATION; GROUND BASED RADAR; MEAN SQUARED ERROR; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NEXRAD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRMM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938889765     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-3489-2015     Document Type: Article

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