The use of TRMM satellite data as a predictor in the spatial interpolation of daily precipitation over Australia

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3726-3732

  Oke, A M C ^a   Frost, A J ^a   Beesley, C A ^a  

^a Australian Bureau of Meteorology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Daily rainfall; Interpolation; Kriging; Satellite

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; INTERPOLATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CROSS VALIDATION STATISTICS; DISTRIBUTED RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN GAGES;

EID: 85086256892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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