Spatial characteristics of thunderstorm rainfall fields and their relation to runoff

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 1-21

  Syed, Kamran H ^a,d   Goodrich, David C ^b   Myers, Donald E ^c   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interpolation; Rainfall; Storm geometric parameters; Watershed runoff

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RUNOFF; THUNDERSTORMS; WATERSHEDS;

THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL;

HYDROLOGY;

INTERPOLATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0347925052     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00311-6     Document Type: Article

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