Seasonal variation of rainfall characteristics in different intensity classes over Peninsular Malaysia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 99-108

  Varikoden, Hamza ^a   Preethi, B ^a   Samah, A A ^b   Babu, C A ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Frequency; Rainfall intensity; Relative contribution; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; DATA SETS; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLASH FLOOD; FREQUENCY; HIGH INTENSITY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MALAYSIA; NORTHEAST MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE PEAK; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; SPATIAL DOMAINS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WESTERN REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; RAIN GAGES;

RAIN;

COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; LATITUDE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

KLANG VALLEY; KUANTAN; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 79957538230     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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