On the interpolation of precipitation data over complex terrain

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 175-189

  Dorninger, Manfred ^a   Schneider, S ^a   Steinacker, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REAL TIME; TERRAIN;

EID: 55649096879     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-008-0287-6     Document Type: Article

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