Multifractal properties of daily rainfall in two different climates

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2463-2472

  Svensson, C ^a   Olsson, J ^a   Berndtsson, R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; RAIN;

ASIAN; CHINA; CLIMATE; SWEDEN;

DAILY RAINFALL; MONSOON CLIMATE; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATE CLIMATE;

CHINA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029659661     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01099     Document Type: Article

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