Variograms of radar reflectivity to describe the spatial continuity of alpine precipitation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1042-1059

  Germann, U ^a   Joss, J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RADAR REFLECTION; RAIN; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

MESOGAMMA SCALES; VARIOGRAMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0035359235     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1042:VORRTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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