Spatial and temporal rainfall variability in mountainous areas: A case study from the south Ecuadorian Andes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 329, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 413-421

  Buytaert, Wouter ^a,b   Celleri, Rolando ^a   Willems, Patrick ^a   Bièvre, Bert De ^b   Wyseure, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Interpolation; Kriging; Mountain environments; Rainfall variability; Thiessen

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN GAGES;

ECUADOR; KRIGING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; THIESSEN;

RAIN;

CORRELATION METHODS; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748937193     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.02.031     Document Type: Article

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