An approach to combine radar and gauge based rainfall data under consideration of their qualities in low mountain ranges of Saxony

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 429-446

  Jatho, N ^a   Pluntke, T ^a   Kurbjuhn, C ^a   Bernhofer, C ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADVECTION; CONVECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE;

GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 77949431162     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-429-2010     Document Type: Article

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