The annual cycle of heavy precipitation across the United Kingdom: A model based on extreme value statistics

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1731-1744

  Maraun, D ^a   Rust, H W ^b   Osborn, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Daily precipitation; Extreme value statistics; Observed climate; UK climate

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; DAILY PRECIPITATION; EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; OBSERVED CLIMATE; UK CLIMATE;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FOURIER SERIES; GAGES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN GAGES; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MODELING; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349852904     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1811     Document Type: Article

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