Validation and sensitivities of dynamic precipitation simulation for winter events over the Folsom Lake watershed: 1964-99

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-19

  Wang, Jianzhong ^a   Georgakakos, Konstantine P ^a  

^a Hydrologic Research Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; METEOROLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

DYNAMIC PRECIPITATION; MICROPHYSICAL PRECIPITATION; SUBBASINS; VALIDATION ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORM; WATERSHED; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; FOLSOM LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344266559     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-2814.1     Document Type: Article

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