Rainfall monitoring during HAPEX-Sahel. 2. Point and areal estimation at the event and seasonal scales

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 188-189, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 97-122

  Lebel, T ^a   Le Barbe L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HYDROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AREAL ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGICAL AND ATMOSPHERIC PILOT EXPERIMENT (HAPEX); RAINFALL MONITORING;

RAIN;

ENERGY BALANCE; EPSAT-NIGER NETWORK; HAPEX-SAHEL; MONITORING; RAINFALL; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

EID: 0030615681     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03325-2     Document Type: Article

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