Stochastic simulation of storm occurrence, depth, duration, and within-storm intensities

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1573-1584

  Bonta, J V ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaggregation; Drought; Storm depth; Storm duration; Storm generator; Storm simulation; Storm synthesis; Time between storms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RISKS; STORMS;

PARAMETRIZATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; TIMES BETWEEN STORMS (TBS); WATERSHED FLOWS;

WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORMWATER; WATERSHED;

DATA PROCESSING; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; WATER SHEDS;

EID: 10244269615     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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