Geostatistical radar-raingauge combination with nonparametric correlograms: Methodological considerations and application in Switzerland

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1515-1536

  Schiemann, R ^a,c   Erdin, R ^a   Willi, M ^a   Frei, C ^a   Berenguer, M ^b   Sempere Torres, D ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALONIA; CORRELOGRAMS; DATA FIELDS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; GEOSTATISTICAL; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; KRIGING; KRIGING PREDICTION; KRIGING WITH EXTERNAL DRIFTS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NEGATIVE BIAS; NON-PARAMETRIC; ORDINARY KRIGING; PRECIPITATION GRIDS; RADAR DATA; RAINGAUGES; REAL-TIME NETWORKS; SAMPLE VARIANCE; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SPATIAL COVARIANCE; SPATIAL FIELDS; SWITZERLAND; TEST CASE; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; VARIABLE TRANSFORMATION;

ESTIMATION; GAGES; IMAGE RECORDING; INTERPOLATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADAR;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79957520958     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1515-2011     Document Type: Article

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