Trends in rainfall exceedances in the observed record in selected areas of the United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1173-1182

  Bonnin, Geoffrey M ^a   Maitaria, Kazungu ^a,b   Yekta, Michael ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Precipitation; Rainfall frequency; Rainfall intensity; Stationarity; Statistics; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERS; CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; HEAVY RAINFALL; OHIO RIVER; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; RAINFALL FREQUENCY; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SEMANTIC DIFFERENCE; STATIONARITY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLIMATOLOGY; ENGINEERS; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEMANTICS; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; PERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055180336     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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