Identifying the scaling properties of rainfall accumulation as measured by a rain gauge network

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Larsen, Michael L ^a   Clark, Aaron ^a   Noffke, Matt ^a   Saltzgaber, Grant ^a   Steele, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Rainfall accumulations; Scaling; Tipping bucket

Indexed keywords

DROP DIAMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; JOSS-WALDVOGEL DISDROMETERS; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MINIMUM TIME; NON-TRIVIAL; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAIN GAUGES; SCALE-INVARIANT; SCALING PROPERTIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME-SCALES;

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAGES; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

RAIN;

ACCUMULATION RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77649232025     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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