Toward improvements in short-time scale satellite-derived precipitation estimates using blended satellite techniques

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2007, Pages 281-290

  Turk, F Joseph ^a   Mehta, Amita V ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Automate Weather Station; Defense Meteorological Satellite Program; Precipitation Radar; South Florida Water Management District; Tropical Rainfall Measure Mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025158317     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5835-6_22     Document Type: Chapter

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