Spatial-temporal rainfall fields: Modelling and statistical aspects

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 581-601

  Wheater, H S ^a   Isham, V S ^b   Cox, D R ^c   Chandler, R E ^b   Kakou, A ^b   Northrop, P J ^b   Oh, L ^a   Onof, C ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, I ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrological design; Rainfall models; Rainfall statistics

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034440670     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-4-581-2000     Document Type: Article

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