Rainfall point intensities in an air mass thunderstorm environment: Walnut Gulch, Arizona

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 611-621

  Mendez, Aida ^a   Goodrich, David C ^b   Osborn, Herbert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Frequency analysis; Meteorology climatology; Rainfall; Walnut Gulch watershed

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; THUNDERSTORMS;

RAINFALL POINT INTENSITIES;

RAIN;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; THUNDERSTORM;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

JUGLANS;

EID: 0042263310     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb03679.x     Document Type: Article

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