High resolution precipitation analysis over complex terrain by using physical a priori knowledge

Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis

Volumn , Issue 40, 2005, Pages 145-148

  Bica, Benedikt ^a   Steinacker, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Downscaling; Fingerprint; Model; Objective analysis; Precipitation; Stau; Upslope rain

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 31344435116     PISSN: 13300083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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