Simulating hourly rainfall occurrence within an equatorial rainforest, Borneo Island

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 571-581

  Chappell, Nick A ^a   Discenza, Antonio R ^b   Tych, Wlodek ^a   Whittaker, Joe ^b   Bidin, Kawi ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Generalized linear model (GLM); Hourly rainfall; Markov chain; Monte Carlo simulation; Time varying transition probabilities; Tropical climate; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL (GLM); HOURLY RAINFALL; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; TIME-VARYING TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEATHER GENERATOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; TROPICS;

SIMULATORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; LINEARITY; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; STOCHASTICITY;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 69949156990     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.3.571     Document Type: Article

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