Evaluating the accuracy of Climate Hazard Group (CHG) satellite rainfall estimates for precipitation based drought monitoring in Koshi basin, Nepal

Study region: Koshi basin, Nepal. Study focus: While rainfall estimates based on satellite measurements are becoming a very attractive option, they are characterized by non-negligible biases. As such, we assessed the accuracy of two satellite products of the Climate Hazard Group (CHG) – (a) a satell...

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Main Authors: Narayan K. Shrestha, Faisal M. Qamer, Diego Pedreros, M.S.R. Murthy, Shahriar Md. Wahid, Mandira Shrestha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Subjects:
CHG
SPI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581817300563