Mapping an index of extreme rainfall across the UK

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 183-194

  Faulkner, D S ^a   Prudhomme, C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EXTREME EVENT; KRIGING; MAPPING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032445105     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-2-183-1998     Document Type: Article

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