Data transformation and uncertainty in geostatistical combination of radar and rain gauges

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1332-1346

  Erdin, Rebekka ^a   Frei, Christoph ^a   Künsch, Hans R ^b  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; STOCHASTICITY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84868312787     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-096.1     Document Type: Article

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