Mapping extreme rainfall in a mountainous region using geostatistical techniques: A case study in Scotland

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1337-1356

  Prudhomme, Christel ^a   Reed, Duncan W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual maximum daily rainfall; Extreme rainfall; Modified residual kriging; Mountainous area; Ordinary kriging; Orographic effect; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; KRIGING; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHY; RAINFALL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033397418     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199910)19:12<1337::AID-JOC421>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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