Analysis of extreme rainfall in Barcelona using a microscale rain gauge network

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Casas, M Carmen ^a   Rodríguez, Raül ^a   Redaño, Ángel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall; Rain gauge network; Storm classification

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; RAIN GAGES; STORMS;

EXTREME RAINFALL; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTISCALE MECHANISMS; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAINFALL PROCESS; RETURN PERIODS; STORM CLASSIFICATION; SYNOPTIC STORMS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; EXTREME EVENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RETURN PERIOD; STORM; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77149172885     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.166     Document Type: Article

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