Phase space parameterization of rain: The inadequacy of Gamma distribution

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 548-562

  Ignaccolo, Massimiliano ^a   De Michele, Carlo ^b  

^a Corecompete ^*  (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis modeling; Parameterization; Rainfall; Statistical techniques; Stochastic models; Time series

Indexed keywords

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL MOMENTS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY;

PARAMETERIZATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

GEOSTATISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKEWNESS; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84897632977     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-050.1     Document Type: Article

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