Regionalization of extreme precipitation estimates for the Alabama rainfall atlas

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 295, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 101-107

  Durrans, S Rocky ^a   Kirby, Jason T ^a  

^a The University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Frequency analysis; Precipitation; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SERVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; STORMS;

GAUGING STATIONS; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS;

HYDROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS;

EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; REGIONALIZATION;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142530660     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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