Rainstorm statistics conditional on soil moisture index: Temporal and spatial characteristics

Meccanica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-116

  Caporali, Enrica ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^b   Castelli, Fabio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antecedent precipitation index; Hydrometeorology; Rainfall; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FEEDBACK; FLOODS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

ANTECEDENT PRECIPITATION INDEX; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERSTORM DURATION; LAND SURFACE; SOIL MOISTURE;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030085629     PISSN: 00256455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00444158     Document Type: Article

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