Simulation of spatial dependence in daily rainfall using multisite generators

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, Xiaogu ^a   Katz, Richard W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

CASE STUDIES; DAILY RAINFALLS; DEPENDENT PROCESSES; INTERACTING PARTICLE SYSTEMS; MARKOV CHAINS; MULTI SITES; NEW APPROACHES; NEW ZEALAND; NONLINEAR MODELS; RAINFALL INTENSITIES; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARKOV CHAIN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 55249109593     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006399     Document Type: Article

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