A stochastic model of raindrop release: Application to the simulation of point rain observations

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 8-19

  Lavergnat, J ^a   Gole P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Fine rain structure; Rain process; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

AUTOCOVARIANCE; DROP SIZES; FINE RAIN STRUCTURE; RAIN PROCESS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 33746884710     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.044     Document Type: Article

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