Global distribution of extreme precipitation and high-impact landslides in 2010 relative to previous years

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1536-1551

  Kirschbaum, Dalia ^a   Adler, Robert ^b   Adler, David ^b   Peters Lidard, Christa ^a   Huffman, George ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTREME EVENT; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIMESCALE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84869462239     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-02.1     Document Type: Article

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