A programming tool to generate multi-site daily rainfall using a two-stage semi parametric model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 230-239

  Mehrotra, Rajeshwar ^a   Li, Jingwan ^a   Westra, Seth ^b   Sharma, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kernel density estimation; Longer term aggregated variables; Low frequency variability; Markov model; MRS; Multi site rainfall; Nonparametric; Spatial correlations; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION; LONGER-TERM AGGREGATED VARIABLES; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MARKOV MODEL; MRS; MULTI-SITE; NON-PARAMETRIC; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; WEATHER GENERATOR;

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTICITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84910031842     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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