Time-clustering analysis of rainfall fluctuations

Fluctuation and Noise Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Telesca, Luciano ^a   Lapenna, Vincenzo ^a   Summa, Donato ^a   Scalcione, Emanuele ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Azienda Lucana Sviluppo/IA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allan factor; Fano Factor; Rain events

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644419572     PISSN: 02194775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219477505002379     Document Type: Article

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