A digital archive of extreme rainfalls in the British Isles from 1866 to 1968 based on British Rainfall

Weather

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Rodda, Harvey J E ^a   Little, Max A ^b   Wood, Rose G ^a   MacDougall, Nina ^a   McSharry, Patrick E ^b  

^a Hydro GIS Ltd Chalgrove   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650021162     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.354     Document Type: Article

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