A study of the properties of scale invariance as applied to intensity-duration-frequency relationships of heavy storms

Joint Conference on Water Resource Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management 2000: Building Partnerships

Volumn 104, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Naghettini, Mauro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gaging stations; Probability distribution; Rainfall intensity; Scale models; Statistics; Storms

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; GAGING STATIONS; HEAVY STORMS; PRECIPITATION DATA; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SCALE INVARIANCE; SCALING MODEL; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME-SCALES;

GAGING; PLANNING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STORMS; WATER RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 74949124337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40517(2000)139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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