The probability distribution of daily rainfall in the United States

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hanson, Lars S ^a,b   Vogel, Richard ^b  

^a GKY & Associates   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Probability distribution; Rainfall; United States

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY RAINFALL; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; L-MOMENTS; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION DEPTHS; PROBABILITY PLOT; RAINFALL; UNITED STATES;

RAIN; STATISTICAL TESTS; WATER RESOURCES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 79251508023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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