Use of mixed bivariate distributions for deriving inter-station correlation coefficients of rain rate

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 3078-3086

  Ha, Eunho ^a   Yoo, Chulsang ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bivariate mixed distribution; Inter station correlation coefficient; Intermittency; Log normal distribution; Rain rate

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; STATISTICS;

BIVARIATE MIXED DISTRIBUTION; INTER-STATION CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; RAIN RATE;

RUNOFF;

CORRELATION METHODS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; RUNOFF; STATISTICS;

GAUSSIAN METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

GEUM;

EID: 35748939059     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6526     Document Type: Article

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