A nonparametric stochastic downscaling framework for daily rainfall at multiple locations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Mehrotra, R ^a,b   Sharma, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARKOV CHAIN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 33845941692     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006637     Document Type: Article

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