Assessing satellite-based precipitation estimates in the Southern Appalachian mountains using rain gauges and TRMM PR
A study was performed using the first full year of rain gauge records from a newly deployed network in the Southern Appalachian mountains. This is a region characterized by complex topography with orographic rainfall enhancement up to 300% over small distances (<8 km). Rain gauge observations wer...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2010-06-01
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Series: | Advances in Geosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.adv-geosci.net/25/143/2010/adgeo-25-143-2010.pdf |