Climatology of daily rainfall semi-variance in the Netherlands

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-183

  Van De Beek, C Z ^a   Leijnse, H ^a   Torfs, P J J F ^a   Uijlenhoet, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; COSINE FUNCTIONS; DAILY RAINFALL; DATA SETS; HIGH QUALITY; NETHERLANDS; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; SEMI VARIANCES; SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VARIOGRAMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COSINE TRANSFORMS; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE LINKS; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

RAIN;

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78751558013     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-171-2011     Document Type: Article

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