Multifractal analysis of African monsoon rain fields, taking into account the zero rain-rate problem

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 111-120

  Verrier, S ^a   de Montera, L ^a   Barthes L ^a   Mallet, C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

AMMA campaign; Multifractals; Precipitation; Radar data; Zero rain rates

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DISDROMETERS; INCOHERENCY; LOVEJOY; MONSOON RAINS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTALS; ON TIME; ON-OFF INTERMITTENCY; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADAR DATA; RADAR MAP; RAIN RATES; SCALE INVARIANT; STRONG COUPLING; TIME DOMAIN; ZERO VALUES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FRACTALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

DATA SET; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MONSOON; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TIME SERIES; TURBULENCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 77954353786     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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