Articles | Volume 6, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-3181-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-3181-2013
Research article
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22 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2013

Validation of satellite OPEMW precipitation product with ground-based weather radar and rain gauge networks

D. Cimini, F. Romano, E. Ricciardelli, F. Di Paola, M. Viggiano, F. S. Marzano, V. Colaiuda, E. Picciotti, G. Vulpiani, and V. Cuomo

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