Characterization of the climatological variability of mean areal rainfall through fractional coverage

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2087-2095

  Seo, Dong Jun ^a   Smith, James A ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; DECOMPOSITION; RADIUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

AREAL RAINFALL; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; RAINFALL;

EID: 0029803585     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00486     Document Type: Review

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