Event-specific multiplicative cascade models and an application to rainfall

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D24, 1999, Pages 31611-31622

  Cârsteanu, Alin ^a,c   Venugopal, V ^b,d   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 18844476271     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900388     Document Type: Article

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