On the modelling of temporal correlations in spatial-cascade rainfall downscaling

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 282, 2003, Pages 74-84

  Pathirana, Assela ^a   Herath, Srikantha ^b   Yamada, Tadashi ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiplicative cascade scheme; Rainfall disaggregation; Rainfall downscaling

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS;

RAIN;

DOWNSCALING; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REAL TIME; RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0042769374     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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