Inland water bodies in Chile can locally increase rainfall intensity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 481, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-63

  Pizarro, Roberto ^a   Garcia Chevesich, Pablo ^b,c   Valdes, Rodrigo ^a   Dominguez, Francina ^c   Hossain, Faisal ^d   Ffolliott, Peter ^c   Olivares, Claudio ^a   Morales, Carolina ^a   Balocchi, Francisco ^a   Bro, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b Professional Institute of Chile   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Local climate; Precipitation recycling; Reservoirs; Water bodies

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CHILE; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; IDF CURVES; INLAND WATERS; LOCAL CLIMATE; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; PRECIPITATION RECYCLING; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERBODIES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; RESERVOIR;

CHILE;

EID: 84873091771     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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