Orographic precipitation modeling with multiple linear regression

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-102

  Naoum, S ^a   Tsanis, I K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Greece; Multiple regressions; Precipitation; Statistic analysis

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION (MLR);

HYDROLOGY;

GIS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642341383     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2004)9:2(79)     Document Type: Article

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