Stochastic single-site generation of daily and monthly rainfall in the Middle East

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Mhanna, Muamaraldin ^a   Bauwens, Willy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Daily rainfall; Markov chain; Monthly rainfall; Precipitation; Single site rainfall model; Stochastic process; Thomas Fiering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857917211     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.256     Document Type: Article

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