High-resolution satellite-gauge merged precipitation climatologies of the tropical andes

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1190-1207

  Manz, Bastian ^a   Buytaert, Wouter ^a   Zulkafli, Zed ^a,b   Lavado, Waldo ^c   Willems, Bram ^d   Robles, Luis Alberto ^d   Rodríguez Sánchez, Juan Pablo ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; GAUGE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERPOLATION; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRMM; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ANDES;

EID: 84959204624     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023788     Document Type: Article

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