The most extreme precipitation events over the Eastern United States from 1950 to 1996: Considerations of scale

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 309-325

  Konrad II, Charles E ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 0035536614     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2001)002<0309:TMEPEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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