Long-term trends in extreme precipitation events over the conterminous United States and Canada

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2515-2527

  Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a   Andsager, Karen ^a   Easterling, David R ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033172607     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2515:lttiep>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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