An evaluation of the statistics of rainfall extremes in rain gauge observations, and satellite-based and reanalysis products using universal multifractals

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 388-404

  Sun, Xiaoming ^a   Barros, Ana P ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953337780     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1142.1     Document Type: Article

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