Recent changes in extreme rainfall events in Peninsular Malaysia: 1971-2005

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Wan Zin, Wan Zawiah ^a   Jamaludin, Suhaila ^b   Deni, Sayang Mohd ^c   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 73149115048     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0141-x     Document Type: Article

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