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Earlier the authors have developed a stochastic geometric model for extratropical cyclonic precipitation fields at synoptic and meso scales as they are typically observed by weather radars over the mainland U S A (see Kavvas and Puri 1983; Kavvas et al. 1987). Here the earlier mathematical development of the model is further extended by incorporating the stochastic description of cyclone center births and their evolutions over U S A into the model.
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Kavvas, M.L., Puri, P.S. & Saquib, M.N. Analytical extensions on a stochastic description of Cyclonic precipitation fields in time and space. Stochastic Hydrol Hydraul 2, 263–279 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01544040
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