Modeling the distribution of rainfall intensity using hourly data

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-243

  Dan'azumi, Salisu ^a   Shamsudin, Supiah ^a   Aris, Azmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit test; Hourly rainfall intensity; Peninsular malaysia; Probability distribution

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 77954147649     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2010.238.243     Document Type: Article

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