Is Precipitation in Northern New England Becoming More Extreme? Statistical Analysis of Extreme Rainfall in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine and Updated Estimates of the 100-Year Storm

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-217

  Douglas, Ellen M ^a   Fairbank, Chelsea A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

100 year storm; Annual maximum precipitation; Climate change; Design storm; Extreme events; Generalized extreme value; Increasing rainfall; Linear regression; Mann Kendall; Trends

Indexed keywords

100-YEAR STORM; ANNUAL MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION; DESIGN STORM; EXTREME EVENTS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; INCREASING RAINFALL; MANN-KENDALL; TRENDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; ESTIMATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952341512     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000303     Document Type: Article

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