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Generating Multiyear Gridded Daily Rainfall over New Zealand.
- Source :
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Journal of Applied Meteorology (1988) . Sep2005, Vol. 44 Issue 9, p1315-1323. 9p. 5 Charts, 1 Graph, 3 Maps. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Daily rainfall totals are a key input for hydrological models that are designed to simulate water and pollutant flow through both soil and waterways. Within New Zealand there are large areas and many river catchments where no long-term rainfall observations exist. A method for estimating daily rainfall over the whole of New Zealand on a 5-km grid is described and tested over a period from January 1985 to April 2002. Improvement over a spatial interpolation method was gained by scaling high-elevation rainfall estimates using simulated mesoscale model rainfall surfaces that are generated for short periods in 1994 and 1996. This method is judged to produce reasonable and useful estimates of daily rainfall. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *RAINFALL
*METEOROLOGICAL precipitation
*WEATHER
*RIVERS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08948763
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Meteorology (1988)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18622840
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1175/JAM2279.1