Modeling radar-rainfall estimation uncertainties using parametric and non-parametric approaches

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1674-1686

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a   Serinaldi, Francesco ^b   Krajewski, Witold F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bivariate mixed distribution; Copula; Non parametric regression; Radar rainfall; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RAIN GAGES; RANDOM ERRORS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIVARIATE MIXED DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONAL EXPECTATIONS; COPULA; DENSE NETWORKS; ENGLAND; LARGE SAMPLES; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; PARAMETRIC APPROACHES; PARAMETRIC SCHEMES; PERFORMANCE INDICES; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; RANDOM EFFECTS; TEMPORAL SCALES; UNCERTAINTY; WEATHER RADARS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 55649123897     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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