Validation of numerical simulations of precipitation in complex terrain at high temporal resolution

Hydrology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 164-170

  Arason, Teitur ^a,b   Rögnvaldsson, Ólafur ^c,d   Ólafsson, Haraldur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^c Institute for Meteorological Research   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dynamical downscaling; Iceland; MM5; QPF; Rain gauge data; Validation

Indexed keywords

RAIN GAGES;

DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; ICELANDS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PROBABILITY OF FALSE ALARM; RAIN GAUGE DATA; SOLID PRECIPITATION; VALIDATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINGAUGE; TIMESCALE;

ICELAND;

EID: 77954594766     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2010.133     Document Type: Article

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