A space-time downscaling model for rainfall

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D16, 1999, Pages 19705-19721

  Venugopal, V ^a,b   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^a   Sapozhnikov, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0033609616     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900338     Document Type: Article

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