Geostatistical simulation of two-dimensional fields of raindrop size distributions at the meso-γ scale

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Schleiss, M A ^a   Berne, A ^a   Uijlenhoet, R ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-D RANGE PROFILE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN SIMULATIONS; GAUSSIANS; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; INTERMITTENCY; RADAR BEAM; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM FUNCTIONS; SIMULATION DOMAIN; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; THREE PARAMETERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; VARIOGRAMS;

DROPS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOSTATISTICS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINDROP; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 69249126164     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007545     Document Type: Article

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