Typology of rainfall fields to improve rainfall estimation in the Sahel by the area threshold method

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2473-2487

  Amani, Abou ^a,b,d   Lebel, Thierry ^b,d   Rousselle, Jean ^a   Taupin, Jean Denis ^c,e  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Inst Francais Rech Sci Devmt C   (France)

^c Grp Precipitations Afrique l'Ouest   (Niger)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e Groupe PRAO Niamey   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MODEL; STRATIFICATION;

RAINFALL ESTIMATION; RAINFALL FIELD; STRATIFICATION; THRESHOLD METHOD;

EID: 0029659662     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01100     Document Type: Article

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