Causal space-time multifractal processes: Predictability and forecasting of rain fields

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 26333-26346

  Marsan, David ^a   Schertzer, Daniel ^a   Lovejoy, Shaun ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MULTIFRACTAL PROCESSES; RAIN FIELD; RAINFALL PREDICTION;

EID: 0030422569     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01840     Document Type: Article

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