Spatial reconstruction of rainfall fields from rain gauge and radar data

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1235-1245

  Bruno, Francesca ^a   Cocchi, Daniela ^a   Greco, Fedele ^a   Scardovi, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Gamma distribution; Hierarchical Bayesian Model; Lognormal distribution; Spatial prediction; Zero inflated model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; FORECASTING; GAGES; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAGES;

GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELING; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PREDICTION; ZERO-INFLATED MODELS;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PIXEL; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84900528525     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0812-0     Document Type: Article

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