Evaluation of quantitative precipitation estimations through hydrological modeling in IFloods river basins

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 529-553

  Wu, Huan ^a,b   Adler, Robert F ^b   Tian, Yudong ^b   Gu, Guojun ^b   Huffman, George J ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85020706905     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0149.1     Document Type: Article

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