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Toward Improvements in Short-time Scale Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates using Blended Satellite Techniques

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Measuring Precipitation From Space

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Turk, F.J., Mehta, A.V. (2007). Toward Improvements in Short-time Scale Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates using Blended Satellite Techniques. In: Levizzani, V., Bauer, P., Turk, F.J. (eds) Measuring Precipitation From Space. Advances In Global Change Research, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5835-6_22

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