Spatial variability of daily summer rainfall at a local-scale in a mountainous terrain and humid tropical region

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 347-352

  Bitew, Menberu M ^a   Gebremichael, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Rainfall; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DAILY RAINFALL; HUMID REGIONS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUMMER RAINFALL; TERM FIELD; TROPICAL REGIONS;

BLOCK CODES; ERRORS; GAGES; LANDFORMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN GAGES;

RAIN;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; DIURNAL VARIATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 78149281984     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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