The scaling law relating world point-precipitation records to duration

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-546

  Galmarini, S ^a   Steyn, D G ^b   Ainslie, B ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Records; Scaling law; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

SCALING LAWS; TEMPORAL AUTOCORRELATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HISTORICAL RECORD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 1942530592     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1022     Document Type: Article

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