Temporal and spatial variability of rainfall at the urban hydrological scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 430-431, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-172

  Emmanuel, I ^a   Andrieu, H ^b   Leblois, E ^c   Flahaut, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b IRSTV FR CNRS 2488   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Rainfall structure; Temporal resolution; Urban hydrological scales

Indexed keywords

DECORRELATIONS; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH; NANTES , FRANCE; RADAR IMAGE; RAIN EVENTS; RAINFALL FIELDS; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME RESOLUTION; URBAN HYDROLOGICAL SCALES; VARIOGRAMS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

RAIN;

GEOSTATISTICS; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN DRAINAGE; VARIOGRAM; WEATHER STATION;

FRANCE; LOIRE ATLANTIQUE; NANTES; PAYS DE LA LOIRE;

EID: 84858284669     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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