Fractal characterization of rain-gauge networks and precipitations: An application in Central Italy

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 541-546

  Capecchi, Valerio ^a   Crisci, Alfonso ^a   Melani, Samantha ^a   Morabito, Marco ^b   Politi, Paolo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INHOMOGENEITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84856519277     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0503-z     Document Type: Article

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