Spectral analysis and modeling of space-time rainfall fields

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 124-136

  De Michele, Carlo ^a   Bernardara, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic scaling; Fractional motion; Rainfall field; Scale invariance; Spectral density function; Spectral generator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC SCALING; FRACTIONAL MOTION; RAINFALL FIELD; SCALE INVARIANCE; SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTRAL GENERATOR;

RAIN;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27144511501     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.10.031     Document Type: Article

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