Regional rainfall intensity formulas based on scaling property of rainfall

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 295, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 108-123

  Yu, Pao Shan ^a   Yang, Tao Chang ^b   Lin, Chin Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSING KUO UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Homogeneous regions; Non recording sites; Rainfall intensity formulas; Regional analysis; Scaling theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; RAIN GAGES;

GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; SCALING THEORY;

RAIN;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SCALE EFFECT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 3142568815     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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