Approximation of Sahelian rainfall fields with meta-Gaussian random functions. Part 2: Parameter estimation and comparison to data

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 113-130

  Guillot, G ^a   Lebel, T ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Classification; Climatology; Ergodicity; Intermittency; Level sets; Meso scale convective systems; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033413247     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004770050035     Document Type: Article

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