A gridded hourly precipitation dataset for Switzerland using rain-gauge analysis and radar-based disaggregation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1764-1775

  Wüest, Marc ^a   Frei, Christoph ^a,b   Altenhoff, Adrian ^a   Hagen, Martin ^c   Litschi, Michael ^a   Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ch02h; Climatology; Disaggregation; Hourly precipitation rate; Precipitation frequency; Precipitation intensity; Radar; Rain gauge

Indexed keywords

CH02H; DISAGGREGATION; HOURLY PRECIPITATIONS; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; ERRORS; GAGES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADAR SHIELDING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAIN GAGES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; RUNOFF; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77956894755     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2025     Document Type: Article

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