Macroscale water fluxes: 1. Quantifying errors in the estimation of basin mean precipitation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 23-1-23-14

  Milly, P C D ^a   Dunne, K A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Error; Interpolation; Sampling; Topography

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SAMPLING; TROPICS;

WATER BALANCES;

WATER RESOURCES;

ERROR; PRECIPITATION; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ENERGY BALANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036822508     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000759     Document Type: Article

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