A cluster-optimizing regression-based approach for precipitation spatial downscaling in mountainous terrain

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 375, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 578-588

  Guan, Huade ^a   Wilson, John L ^b   Xie, Hongjie ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountainous terrain; Multivariate regression; NEXRAD; Precipitation downscaling; Spatial disaggregation; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION; NEXRAD; PRECIPITATION DOWNSCALING; SPATIAL DISAGGREGATION; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

ALGORITHMS; MAPS; PIXELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOWNSCALING; MOUNTAIN REGION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69349083425     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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