Regional rainfall distribution for Canada

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 75-88

  Adamowski, Kaz ^a   Alila, Younes ^b   Pilon, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Greater Vancouver Regional District   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR STATISTICS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0030434786     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8095(95)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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