Testing Taylor's hypothesis in Amazonian rainfall fields during the WETAMC/LBA experiment

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1230-1239

  Poveda, Germán ^a   Zuluaga, Manuel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazonia; CAPE; CINE; Rainfall fields; Space time correlation; Taylor hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VELOCITY; WIND;

CONVECTION INHIBITION ENERGY (CINE); CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE); RAINFALL FIELDS; SPACE TIME CORRELATION; TAYLOR HYPOTHESIS;

RAIN;

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

EID: 26844535755     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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