Evaluating and extending cligen precipitation generation for the Loess Plateau of China

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 378-396

  Chen, Jie ^a   Zhang, Xun Chang ^b   Liu, Wen Zhao ^a   Li, Zhi ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLIGEN; Precipitation generation; Storm pattern; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; MARKOV PROCESSES; STORMS;

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; ANNUAL MAXIMUM; ANNUAL PRECIPITATIONS; CLIGEN; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; DISTRIBUTION-FREE; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FIRST ORDERS; LOESS PLATEAUX; PATTERN GENERATIONS; PEAK INTENSITIES; PRECIPITATION DEPTHS; PRECIPITATION GENERATION; RANK CORRELATIONS; RELATIVE ERRORS; RELATIVE PEAK INTENSITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TWO-STATE MARKOV CHAINS; WEATHER GENERATOR;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ALGORITHM; ERROR ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STORM; WEATHER STATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 63149142700     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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