Conservative design rainfall distribution

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 528-530

  Guo, James C Y ^a   Hargadin, Kelly ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Denver   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Predictions; Rainfall; Runoff

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; OBSERVED DATUM; PREDICTIONS; RAINFALL; RAINFALL DATUM; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEVERE STORMS; STATISTICAL AVERAGES; STORM RUNOFFS; STORM WATERS; TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONSERVATION; FORECASTING; RUNOFF; STORMS; WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COLORADO; DENVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449124941     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000013     Document Type: Article

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