Space-time rainfall variability in the Paute basin, Ecuadorian Andes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3316-3327

  Celleri, Rolando ^a,c   Willems, Patrick ^a   Buytaert, Wouter ^b   Feyen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuadorian Andes; Mountain rainfall; Paute Basin; Space time rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MONITORING; RAIN; STATISTICS; WATER RESOURCES;

OROGRAPHY; RAINFALL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; MONITORING; RAIN; STATISTICS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ECUADOR; PAUTE BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 37249083993     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6575     Document Type: Article

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