Annual maximum and peaks-over-threshold analyses of daily rainfall accumulations for Austria

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a,b   Smith, James A ^a   Ntelekos, Alexandros A ^b   Schwarz, Ulrich ^b,c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c Fluvius   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAIN GAGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTING;

ANNUAL MAXIMA; AUSTRIA; CHANGE-POINTS; DAILY RAINFALL; EXTREME RAINFALL; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; MANN-KENDALL; MONOTONIC TREND; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; NON-STATIONARITIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PETTITT TEST; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; QUANTITY OF INTEREST; RAIN GAUGES; STATIONARITY; THRESHOLD ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 79952479137     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015038     Document Type: Article

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