Accuracy evaluation of rainfall disaggregation methods

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Gutierrez Magness, Angelica L ^a   McCuen, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Climatic changes; Correlations; Rainfall; Statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; RAIN; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

INSTREAMS; RAINFALL DISAGGREGATION;

HYDROLOGY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642266656     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2004)9:2(71)     Document Type: Article

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