Mapping of precipitation in Iceland using numerical simulations and statistical modeling

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-219

  Rögnvaldsson, Ólafur ^b,c   Crochet, Philippe ^a   Ólafsson, Haraldur ^a,b,d,e  

^a ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^b Institute for Meteorological Research   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 31344460882     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2004/0013-0209     Document Type: Article

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