A new approach in space-time analysis of multivariate hydrological data: Application to Brazil's Nordeste region rainfall

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 55-1-55-10

  Sicard, Emeline ^a   Sabatier, Robert ^b   Niel, Hélène ^a   Cadier, Eric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Nordeste; Rainfalls; SCM; STATIS method; Variogram

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; GAGES; HYDROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS;

GEOSTATISTICS;

RAIN;

GEOSTATISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM;

(NORTHEAST); BRAZIL;

EID: 0242515782     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002wr001413     Document Type: Article

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