Comparison of approaches for estimating time-averaged precipitation using data from the USA

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1103-1115

  Willmott, Cort J ^a   Robeson, Scott M ^b   Janis, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Precipitation variability; Raingauge networks; Spatial interpolation; Time averages; USA

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION; RAINGAUGE NETWORK;

USA;

EID: 0030423003     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199610)16:10<1103::AID-JOC78>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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