Comparison of IMERG level-3 and TMPA 3B42V7 in estimating typhoon-related heavy rain

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Ren ^a   Chen, Jianyao ^a   Wang, Xianwei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal region of China; Heavy rain; IMERG final run; TMPA 3B42V7; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; GAGES; HURRICANES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; STORMS;

COASTAL REGIONS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; HEAVY RAINS; IMERG FINAL RUN; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; TMPA 3B42V7; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NATURAL DISASTER; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; TRMM; TYPHOON;

CHINA;

EID: 85018527225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w9040276     Document Type: Article

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