Catchment precipitation processes in the San Francisco valley in southern Ecuador: combined approach using high-resolution radar images and in situ observations

The precise estimation of precipitation quantities in tropical mountain regions is in great demand by ecological and hydrological studies, due to the heterogeneity of the rainfall distribution and the lack of meteorological station data. This study uses radar images and ground station data to provid...

• Main Author: Oñate Valdivieso, F. (author)
• Other Authors: Gonzalez Jaramillo, V. (author), Fries Fries, A. (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: andean mountain ecosystem; montane rain; forest; orographic precipitation; weather radar; spatial interpolation; complex terrain; tropical andes; air; flow; climate; surface
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00703-014-0335-3; http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19114