Trend analysis of extreme precipitation in the Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia with a case study of Debre Markos

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1937-1944

  Shang, H ^a   Yan, J ^a   Gebremichael, M ^a   Ayalew, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHIOPIA; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME VALUE; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; STORAGE MECHANISM; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER STORAGE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79959723049     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1937-2011     Document Type: Article

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