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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Main Authors: O. P. Prat, A. P. Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-06-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/25/143/2010/adgeo-25-143-2010.pdf