Constructing synthetic time series of rainfall events for a hyperarid environment, southern Arava, Israel

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 261, 2000, Pages 29-42

  Barzilay, Eldad ^a   Enzel, Yehouda ^a   Amit, Rivka ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arava Valley; Daily precipitation; Hyperarid environment; Negev, rainfall modelling; Reg soil; Soil water balance; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0033281861     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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