Spatio-temporal analysis of extreme precipitation regimes across South Korea and its application to regionalization

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-110

  Lee, Jeong Ju ^a   Kwon, Hyun Han ^b   Kim, Tae Woong ^c  

^a Water Resources Investigation and Planning Dept   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Circular statistics; Regional frequency analysis; Spatio temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT FREQUENCY; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; EAST COAST; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; K-MEANS METHOD; MAIN STATION; MAXIMUM FREQUENCY; MOVING AVERAGES; PEAK TIME; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONALITY; SOUTH KOREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONALIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

MOKPO; PUSAN [PUSAN (ADS)]; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH CHOLLA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84862805420     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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