Changes in heavy rainfall in Midwestern United States

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 246-249

  Angel, James R ^a   Huff, Floyd A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMUM TIME SERIES; HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS;

COMBINED SEWERS; PROBABILITY; RUNOFF; STATISTICS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAVY RAINFALL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

USA, (MIDWEST);

EID: 0031184529     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(1997)123:4(246)     Document Type: Article

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