Estimating the spatial distribution of precipitation in Iceland using a linear model of orographic precipitation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1285-1306

  Crochet, Philippe ^a   Jóhannesson, Tómas ^a   Jónsson, Trausti ^a   Sigurdsson, Oddur ^b   Björnsson, Helgi ^c   Pálsson, Finnur ^c   Barstad, Idar ^d  

^a ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^b National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIRFLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; MODELING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 38749139911     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM795.1     Document Type: Article

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