Fuzzy rule-based downscaling of precipitation

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 119-129

  Bardossy, A ^a   Bogardi, I ^b   Matyasovszky, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 23744442883     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0121-0     Document Type: Article

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