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Challenges of satellite rainfall estimation over mountainous and arid parts of east Africa

Tufa Dinku International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pietro Ceccato International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA
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Stephen J. Connor International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA
Pages 5965-5979 | Received 27 Feb 2009, Accepted 14 Sep 2009, Published online: 02 Aug 2011

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