Analysis of orographic precipitation on Jeju-Island using regional frequency analysis and regression

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1461-1487

  Um, Myoung Jin ^a   Yun, Hyeseon ^a   Cho, Woncheol ^a   Heo, Jun Haeng ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Orographic effect; Regional frequency analysis; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

FIVE-PARAMETER MODEL; GIS ANALYSIS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; MULTIPLE LINEAR MODELS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIODS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE PARAMETERS;

LINEAR REGRESSION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

METAL ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 77952125681     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9509-z     Document Type: Article

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