A case study of orographic rainfall processes incorporating multiscaling characterization techniques

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D8, 2001, Pages 7837-7845

  Purdy, J C ^a   Harris, D ^a,d   Austin, G L ^a   Seed, A W ^b   Gray, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0034952353     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900622     Document Type: Article

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