Skewness as measure of the invariance of instantaneous renormalized drop diameter distributions-Part 2: Orographic precipitation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-343

  Ignaccolo, M ^a   De Michele, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRIGHT BAND; CALIFORNIA; DISDROMETER DATA; DROP DIAMETERS; MEAN VALUES; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PARAMETRIC SPACES; RAIN DROPS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME INTERVAL;

RAIN;

DIAMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINDROP; SKEWNESS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

BODEGA HARBOR; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857198038     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-329-2012     Document Type: Article

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