Heavy rainfall distributions by season in louisiana: Synoptic interpretations and quantile estimates

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-124

  Keim, Barry D ^c   Faiers, Gregory E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Frequency analysis; Heavy rainfall; Louisiana; Quantile estimates; Seasonal fluctuations; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; GRAPH THEORY; PROBABILITY; STORMS;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAVY RAINFALL; LOUISIANA; QUANTILE ESTIMATES; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY;

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EID: 0030087533     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1996.tb03439.x     Document Type: Article

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