Generating robust rainfall intensity-duration-frequency estimates with short-record satellite data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 371, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 182-191

  Endreny, Theodore A ^a   Imbeah, Nana ^a  

^a 402 Baker Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fit and error analysis; General extreme value type II; Ghana; Hosking and Wallis; Koutsoyiannis; TRMM satellite data

Indexed keywords

FIT AND ERROR ANALYSIS; GENERAL EXTREME VALUE TYPE II; GHANA; HOSKING AND WALLIS; KOUTSOYIANNIS; TRMM SATELLITE DATA;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; GAS DETECTORS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE DATA;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 65549120021     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.027     Document Type: Article

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