An assessment of the accuracy of interpolated daily rainfall for New Zealand

Journal of Hydrology New Zealand

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-44

  Tait, Andrew ^a   Sturman, James ^a   Clark, Martyn ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Error analysis; Interpolation; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER STATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84864749196     PISSN: 00221708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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