Estimates and uncertainties of return periods of extreme daily precipitation in Germany

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 553-564

  Grieser, Jürgen ^a,c   Staeger, Tim ^b   Schonwiese, Christian D ^b  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RETURN PERIOD; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 36248960626     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2007/0235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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