Stochastic calibration of an orographic percipitation model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 613-634

  Hay, Lauren E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Geographic information system; Orographic precipitation; Stochastic calibration

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION MODELS;

RIVERS;

GIS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION;

USA, COLORADO, GUNNISON RIVER;

EID: 0032029671     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19980330)12:4<613::aid-hyp609>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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