Convective rainfall regions of Puerto Rico

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1033-1043

  Carter, M M ^a   Elsner, J B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective rainfall; Diurnal variability; Factor analysis; Puerto Rico; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE RAINFALL; PRECIPITATION;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0030441927     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199609)16:9<1033::AID-JOC77>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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