An experimental study of spatial variability of rainfall

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 801-812

  Tokay, Ali ^a,b   Roche, Rigoberto J ^c   Bashor, Paul G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Computer Sciences Corporation and NASA Wallops Flight Facility ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897979770     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-031.1     Document Type: Article

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