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Agreement between monthly land rainfall estimates from TRMM-PR and gauge-based observations over South Asia

Satya PrakashNational Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Earth System Science Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Noida, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ashis K. MitraNational Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Earth System Science Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Noida, India
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Imran M. MominNational Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Earth System Science Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Noida, India
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E.N. RajagopalNational Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Earth System Science Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Noida, India
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Swati BasuNational Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Earth System Science Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Noida, India
Pages 558-567 | Received 20 Dec 2013, Accepted 08 Jun 2014, Published online: 11 Jul 2014

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