Regionalizing fine time-scale rainfall affected by topography in semi-arid Tunisia

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1199-1215

  Jebari, Sihem ^a   Berndtsson, Ronny ^b   Uvo, Cintia ^b   Bahri, Akissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic mountain range; Daily rainfall; Fine time scale rainfall; Multivariate analysis; Regionalization; Semi arid; Spatial rainfall patterns; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER RESOURCES;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF); FINE TIME-SCALE RAINFALL; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL CORRELATION; SPATIAL RAINFALL PATTERNS;

ARID REGIONS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 37249065694     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.52.6.1199     Document Type: Article

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