A bivariate frequency analysis of extreme rainfall with implications for design

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Kao, Shih Chieh ^a   Govindaraju, Rao S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; UNITED STATES;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548645057     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008522     Document Type: Article

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