Measurement and interpolation uncertainties in rainfall maps from cellular communication networks

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3571-3584

  Rios Gaona, M F ^a   Overeem, A ^a,b   Leijnse, H ^b   Uijlenhoet, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; GAGES; INTERPOLATION; MICROWAVE LINKS; MICROWAVES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; COMMUNICATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INTERPOLATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84939228366     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-3571-2015     Document Type: Article

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