Reconstruction and frequency estimates of extreme daily areal precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 26287-26295

  Skaugen, Thomas ^a   Creutin, Jean Dominique ^b   Gottschalk, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY PRECIPITATION; INTENSITY THRESHOLD; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL MODELLING;

NORWAY, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030433467     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01384     Document Type: Article

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