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Maidment, R. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2054-3259, Grimes, D., Black, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186, Tarnavsky, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3403-0411, Young, M., Greatrex, H., Allan, R. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0264-9447, Stein, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9215-5397, Nkonde, E., Senkunda, S. and Alcántara, E. M. U. (2017) A new, long-term daily satellite-based rainfall dataset for operational monitoring in Africa. Scientific Data, 4. 170063. ISSN 2052-4463 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.63

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Greatrex, H., Grimes, D. and Wheeler, T. (2014) Advances in the stochastic modelling of satellite-derived rainfall estimates using a sparse calibration dataset. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15. pp. 1810-1831. ISSN 1525-7541 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-0145.1

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Maidment, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2054-3259, Grimes, D. I. F., Allan, R. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0264-9447, Greatrex, H., Rojas, O. and Leo, O. (2013) Evaluation of satellite-based and model re-analysis rainfall estimates for Uganda. Meteorological Applications, 20 (3). pp. 308-317. ISSN 1469-8080 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/met.1283

Diro, G. T., Grimes, D. I. F. and Black, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186 (2011) Teleconnections between Ethiopian summer rainfall and sea surface temperature: part II. Seasonal forecasting. Climate Dynamics, 37 (1-2). pp. 121-131. ISSN 0930-7575 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-010-0896-x

Diro, G. T., Grimes, D. I. F. and Black, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186 (2011) Teleconnections between Ethiopian summer rainfall and sea surface temperature: part I. Observation and modelling. Climate Dynamics, 37 (1-2). pp. 103-119. ISSN 0930-7575 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-010-0837-8

Grimes, D. I. F. and Pardo-Iguzquira, E. (2010) Geostatistical analysis of rainfall. Geographical Analysis, 42 (2). pp. 136-160. ISSN 0016-7363 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4632.2010.00787.x

Chadwick, R., Grimes, D. I. F., Saunders, R. W., Francis, P. N. and Blackmore, T. A. (2010) The TAMORA algorithm: satellite rainfall estimates over West Africa using multi-spectral SEVIRI data. Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO), 25. pp. 3-9. ISSN 1680-7340 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-25-3-2010

Diro, G. T., Grimes, D.I.F., Black, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186, O'Neill, A. and Pardo-Iguzquiza, E. (2009) Evaluation of reanalysis rainfall estimates over Ethiopia. International Journal of Climatology, 29 (1). pp. 67-78. ISSN 0899-8418 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1699

Grimes, D. I. F. (2008) Geostatistical Tools for Validation of Satellite and NWP Model Rainfall. Hydrological modelling and the water cycle: coupling the atmospheric and hydrological models, 63 (2). pp. 117-143. ISSN 0921-092X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77843-1_6

Diro, G. T., Black, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186 and Grimes, D. I. F. (2008) Seasonal forecasting of Ethiopian spring rains. Meteorological Applications, 15 (1). pp. 73-83. ISSN 1469-8080 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/met.63

Grimes, D. I. F. (2008) An ensemble approach to uncertainty estimation for satellite-based rainfall estimates. Hydrological modelling and the water cycle: coupling the atmospheric and hydrological models, 63 (2). pp. 145-162. ISSN 0921-092X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77843-1_7

Stisen, S., Jensen, K.H., Sandholt, I. and Grimes, D.I.F. (2008) A remote sensing driven distributed hydrological model of the Senegal River basin. Journal of Hydrology, 354 (1-4). pp. 131-148. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.03.006

Teo, C.-K. and Grimes, D. I.F. (2007) Stochastic modelling of rainfall from satellite data. Journal of Hydrology, 346 (1-2). pp. 33-50. ISSN 0022-1694 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.08.014

Washington, R., Harrison, M., Conway, D., Black, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186, Challinor, A., Grimes, D., Jones, R., Morse, A., Kay, G. and Todd, M. (2006) African climate change: Taking the shorter route. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87 (10). pp. 1355-1366. ISSN 1520-0477 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-87-10-1355

Pardo-Iguzquiza, P., Grimes, D. I. F. and Teo, C. K. (2006) Assessing the uncertainty associated with intermittent rainfall fields. Water Resources Research, 42 (1). ISSN 0043-1397 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2004WR003740

Coppola, E., Grimes, D. I. F., Verdecchia, M. and Visconti, G. (2006) Validation of improved TAMANN neural network for operational satellite-derived rainfall estimation in Africa. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45 (11). pp. 1557-1572. ISSN 1558-8424

Wheeler, T. R., Challinor, A. J., Craufurd, P. Q., Slingo, J. M. and Grimes, D. I. F. (2005) Forecasting the harvest - from proverbs to PCs. Biologist, 52 (1). pp. 45-49.

Challinor, A. J., Wheeler, T. R., Slingo, J. M., Craufurd, P. Q. and Grimes, D. I. F. (2005) Simulation of crop yields using ERA-40: Limits to skill and nonstationarity in weather-yield relationships. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44 (4). pp. 516-531. ISSN 0894-8763 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAM2212.1

Pardo-Iguzquiza, E., Dowd, P. A. and Grimes, D. I. F. (2005) An automatic moving window approach for mapping meteorological data. International Journal Of Climatology, 25 (5). pp. 665-678.

Challinor, A. J., Wheeler, T. R., Craufurd, P. Q., Slingo, J. M. and Grimes, D. I. F. (2004) Design and optimisation of a large-area process-based model for annual crops. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 124 (1-2). pp. 99-120. ISSN 0168-1923 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.01.002

Gissila, T., Black, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186, Grimes, D. I. F. and Slingo, J. M. (2004) Seasonal forecasting of the Ethiopian summer rains. International Journal Of Climatology, 24 (11). pp. 1345-1358.

Grimes, D.I.F. and Diop, M. (2003) Satellite-based rainfall estimation for river flow forecasting in Africa. I: Rainfall estimates and hydrological forecasts. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 48. pp. 567-584.

Diop, M. and Grimes, D.I.F. (2003) Satellite-based rainfall estimation for river flow forecasting in Africa. II: African Easterly Waves, convection and rainfall. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 48. pp. 585-599.

Challinor, A. J., Slingo, J. M., Wheeler, T. R., Craufurd, P. Q. and Grimes, D. I. F. (2003) Toward a combined seasonal weather and crop productivity forecasting system: Determination of the working spatial scale. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42 (2). pp. 175-192. ISSN 0894-8763

Grimes, D.I.F., Coppola, E., Verdecchia, M. and Visconti, G. (2003) A neural network approach to real-time rainfall estimation for Africa. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4. pp. 1119-1133.

Thorne, V., Coakeley, P., Grimes, D. and Dugdale, G. (2001) Comparison of TAMSAT and CPC rainfall estimates with raingauges, for southern Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22 (10). pp. 1951-1974. ISSN 0143-1161 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160118816

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