Characteristic features of hourly rainfall in India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1730-1744

  Deshpande, N R ^a   Kulkarni, A ^a   Krishna Kumar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle of rainfall; Extreme rainfall; Heavy rain spells; Rain hour; Time distribution of rainfall

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; CENTRAL INDIA; CONTROL STUDIES; DAILY RAINFALL; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL PROBABILITIES; EXTREME RAINFALL; HEAVY RAINS; HIMALAYAS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL EXTREMES; SHORT DURATIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TIME DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WEST COAST;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FLOOD CONTROL; HEAVY WATER; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER RESOURCES;

RAIN;

DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84865761364     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2375     Document Type: Article

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