Multifractal analysis of daily spatial rainfall distributions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 29-43

  Olsson, Jonas ^a   Niemczynowicz, Janusz ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COLD FRONTS; DAILY SPATIAL RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; DENSE GAGE NETWORK; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; WARM FRONTS;

HYDROLOGY;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL GENERATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030300852     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03085-5     Document Type: Article

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