A numerical comparison between Lagrangian and Eulerian rainfall statistics

Mats Hamrud; Henning Rodhe; Jan Grandell

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v33i3.10711

A numerical comparison between Lagrangian and Eulerian rainfall statistics

Tellus

Volume 33 (1981): Issue 3

By: Mats Hamrud, Henning Rodhe and Jan Grandell

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|Jan 1981

Abstract

Air trajectories and precipitation data are used to estimate certain parameters characterizing the duration and intensity of precipitation events and the length of the intervening dry periods. The results seem to indicate that the magnitudes of these parameters differ only moderately whether they be estimated in an Eulerian or a Lagrangian frame of reference.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v33i3.10711 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 235 - 241

Submitted on: Sep 1, 1980

Accepted on: Nov 17, 1980

Published on: Jan 1, 1981

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1981 Mats Hamrud, Henning Rodhe, Jan Grandell, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 33 (1981): Issue 3