Short duration rainfall frequency analysis in Michigan using scale-invariance assumptions

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 450-457

  Gerold, Laura A ^a   Watkins Jr , David W ^b  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Hydrologic data; Michigan; Rainfall duration; Rainfall frequency; Rainfall intensity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HYDROLOGIC DATA; MICHIGAN; RAINFALL DURATION; RAINFALL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RAINFALL INTENSITY DURATION FREQUENCY;

HYDROLOGY;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544461158     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2005)10:6(450)     Document Type: Article

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