A numerical modeling study to investigate the assumptions used in the calculation of probable maximum precipitation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 785-796

  Abbs, Deborah J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION (PMP);

RAIN;

NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033105585     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900013     Document Type: Article

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