Using the spectral scaling exponent for validation of quantitative precipitation forecasts

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 35-45

  Koh, T Y ^a,b,c   Bhatt, B C ^c   Cheung, K K W ^d   Teo, C K ^c   Lee, Y H ^c   Roth, Matthias ^e   Purnawirman, ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

MALAY PENINSULA;

EID: 84855311044     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-011-0166-4     Document Type: Article

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