Evaluation of the TRMM 3B43 gridded precipitation estimates over Greece

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 497-514

  Nastos, P T ^a   Kapsomenakis, J ^b   Philandras, K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Kriging interpolation; Precipitation; V7 TRMM 3B43 products

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; COASTAL ZONES; GAGES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GREECE; KRIGING INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION METHOD; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; V7 TRMM 3B43 PRODUCTS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DATABASE; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRMM;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; AEGEAN SEA; ANATOLIA; CYCLADES; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOUNT OLYMPUS; PELOPONNESE; THESSALY; TURKEY;

EID: 84954384699     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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