A space-time theory of mesoscale rainfall using random cascades

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 26319-26331

  Over, Thomas M ^a,b   Gupta, Vijay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE RAINFALL; RAINFALL MODEL; RANDOM CASCADE; SPACE/TIME THEORY;

EID: 0030435624     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02033     Document Type: Article

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