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CPC MORPHING Technique (CMORPH)

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Measuring Precipitation From Space

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center (CPC), Camp Springs, MD, USA

    Robert J. Joyce

  2. 1NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center (CPC), Camp Springs, MD, USA

    John E. Janowiak

  3. 1NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center (CPC), Camp Springs, MD, USA

    Pingping Xie

  4. Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Phillip A. Arkin

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  1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), via Gobetti 101, I-40129, Italy

    Vincenzo Levizzani

  2. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9AX, UK

    Peter Bauer

  3. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), 7 Grace Hopper Avenue, 93943-5502, Monterey, USA

    F. Joseph Turk

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Joyce, R.J., Janowiak, J.E., Xie, P., Arkin, P.A. (2007). CPC MORPHING Technique (CMORPH). 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_24

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