A simple approach for stochastic generation of spatial rainfall patterns

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 472-473, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-76

  Tarpanelli, A ^a   Franchini, M ^b   Brocca, L ^a   Camici, S ^a   Melone, F ^a   Moramarco, T ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neyman Scott Rectangular Pulse (NSRP) model; Spatial rainfall correlation; Stochastic rainfall generation

Indexed keywords

BASIN AREA; BASIN SCALE; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DESIGN FLOOD; FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL FIELDS; RAINFALL GENERATION; RAINFALL SEQUENCES; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RECTANGULAR PULSE; RIVER BASINS; SIMPLE APPROACH; SINGLE SITES; SPATIAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL CORRELATION; STOCHASTIC GENERATION; SUBBASINS;

AUTOCORRELATION; FLOODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

CORRELATION; FLOOD DAMAGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84868301109     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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