Precipitation annual maxima as a measure of change in extreme rainfall magnitudes in the southeastern United States over the past century

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-245

  Keim, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heavy rainfall; Precipitation statistics

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033397046     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.1999.0003     Document Type: Article

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