Adjustment of global precipitation data for orographic effects using observed annual streamflow and the LaD model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Xia, Y ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SAMPLING BIAS; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549159907     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008545     Document Type: Article

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