A library to generate synthetic precipitation data

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1312-1317

  Carlini, Laura ^a   Bellocchi, Gianni ^a   Donatelli, Marcello ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LOGIC DESIGN; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BIOPHYSICAL MODELING PROJECTS; PRECIPITATION OCCURRENCE; SOFTWARE COMPONENTS; WEATHER MODELING;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 33749174582     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0210     Document Type: Review

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