The effect of rain-no rain intermittency on the estimation of the universal multifractals model parameters

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 493-506

  de Montera, Louis ^a   Barthes L ^a   Mallet, C ^a   Gole P ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; THRESHOLD; TIME SERIES;

EID: 67649511999     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM1040.1     Document Type: Article

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