Space-time scaling behavior of rain statistics in a stochastic fractional diffusion model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 322, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 49-58

  Kundu, Prasun K ^a   Bell, Thomas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional diffusion; Rain statistics; Space time scaling; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

FRACTIONAL DIFFUSIONS; RAIN STATISTICS; SPACE-TIME SCALING; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

RAIN;

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CORRELATION; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; STATISTICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 33646588717     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.031     Document Type: Article

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