Empirically-based modeling of spatial sampling uncertainties associated with rainfall measurements by rain gauges

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1015-1023

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling of uncertainties; Rainfall; Sampling error

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PIXELS; RAIN GAGES; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL SAMPLING ERROR; SPATIAL SAMPLING UNCERTAINTIES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PIXELS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44649087596     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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