Evaluation of 22 precipitation and 23 soil moisture products over a semiarid area in Southeastern Arizona

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 211-230

  Stillman, Susan ^a   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Bosilovich, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957884287     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0007.1     Document Type: Article

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