Spatial uncertainty to determine reliable daily precipitation maps

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Chappell, Adrian ^a   Renzullo, Luigi ^a   Haylock, Malcolm ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Partner Reinsurance Company ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; ESTIMATION; GAGES; MAPPING;

CONDITIONAL SIMULATIONS; DATA SETS; LOCAL ERROR ESTIMATE; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; MODEL APPLICATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION MAP; RELATED VARIABLES; SKILL SCORE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY CHARACTERIZATION; UNCERTAINTY INFORMATIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84866724865     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017718     Document Type: Article

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