Regional frequency analysis and spatio-temporal pattern characterization of rainfall extremes in the Pearl River Basin, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 386-405

  Yang, Tao ^a,e   Shao, Quanxi ^b   Hao, Zhen Chun ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Zhang, Zengxin ^c   Xu, Chong Yu ^d   Sun, Limin ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; L moments; Large scale circulation; Rainfall extremes; Regional frequency analysis; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

L-MOMENTS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; RAINFALL EXTREMES; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; FLOOD CONTROL; GEMS; HURRICANES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; RIVERS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WATERSHEDS;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

CLIMATE FORCING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RETURN PERIOD; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 72249094311     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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