NASA'S remotely sensed precipitation: A reservoir for applications users

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1169-1184

  Kirschbaum, Dalia B ^a   Huffman, George J ^a   Adler, Robert F ^b   Braun, Scott ^a   Garrett, Kevin ^c   Jones, Erin ^c   McNally, Amy ^a   Skofronick Jackson, Gail ^a   Stocker, Erich ^a   Wu, Huan ^b   Zaitchik, Benjamin F ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85019473064     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00296.1     Document Type: Article

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