Spatial interpolation of precipitation in a dense gauge network for monsoon storm events in the southwestern United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Garcia, Matthew ^a,b   Peters Lidard, Christa D ^b   Goodrich, David C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GAGES; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE; BI-HARMONIC; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; ENGINEERING ASSESSMENTS; GAUGE NETWORKS; IDW METHODS; INTERPOLATION ERRORS; INTERPOLATION METHODS; LAND SURFACE MODELLING; LARGE NETWORKS; MONSOON SEASON; MULTIQUADRIC; NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; REDUCED RESOLUTION; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; STORM EVENTS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

INTERPOLATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

JUGLANS;

EID: 46049103359     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005788     Document Type: Article

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