Multifractal methods applied to rain forecast using radar data;Méthodes multifractales appliquées à la prévision de pluie en utilisant des données radar

Houille Blanche

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages 92-98

  Macor, José ^a   Schertzer, Daniel ^b   Lovejoy, Shaun ^c  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PARAMETERIZATION; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

IMAGE PROCESSING; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STOCHASTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34848837903     PISSN: 00186368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/lhb:2007052     Document Type: Article

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