A stochastic space-time model for the generation of daily rainfall in the Gaza Strip

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1098-1112

  Mhanna, Muamaraldin ^a   Bauwens, Willy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Daily rainfall; Gaza Strip; Markov chain; Multisite rainfall model; Precipitation; Stochastic process; Wilks approach

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; COMPUTATIONAL SPEED; DAILY RAINFALL; GAZA STRIP; IMPACT STUDY; MULTI-SITE; PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION; RAINFALL MODELS; RAINFALL SERIES; RANDOM NUMBERS; RANK CORRELATION; SPACE-TIME MODEL; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL RAINFALL; STEP-BY-STEP; WILKS APPROACH;

MARKOV PROCESSES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

RAIN;

CORRELATION; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

GAZA STRIP; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 84861969232     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2305     Document Type: Article

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