A Monte Carlo assessment of uncertainties in heavy precipitation frequency variations

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1152-1160

  Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^b   Easterling, David R ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348957908     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM632.1     Document Type: Article

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