Scale-wise evolution of rainfall probability density functions fingerprints the rainfall generation mechanism

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Molini, Annalisa ^a,b   Katul, Gabriel G ^a,b   Porporato, Amilcare ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ASYMMETRIC SIGNATURE; CONVECTIVE STORMS; NON-EXTENSIVITY; PROBABILISTIC DESCRIPTIONS; PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS (PDFS); RAINFALL GENERATION; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

RAIN;

EID: 79958186195     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042634     Document Type: Article

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