Consistency analysis of pluviometric information in Galicia (NW Spain)

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-640

  Mirás Avalos, José M ^a   Mestas Valero, Roger M ^a   Sande Fouz, Patricia ^a   Paz González, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double mass curve; Geostatistics; Kriging; Rainfall data quality control; Semivariogram

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA QUALITY; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; GALICIA; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; KRIGING; KRIGING METHODS; KRIGING WITH AN EXTERNAL DRIFT; MAIN STATION; MASS ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NW SPAIN; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL INTERPOLATION; SECOND PROCEDURES; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DATA QUALITY; GEOSTATISTICS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70449625256     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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