Rainfall characteristics and spatial correlation for the Georgia Coastal Plain

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1637-1644

  Bosch, D D ^a   Sheridan, J M ^a   Davis, F M ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; Rainfall; Southern Coastal Plain; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN; SUMMER; WINTER;

RAIN;

RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033232967     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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