Influences of Atlantic multidecadal oscillation phases on spatial and temporal variability of regional precipitation extremes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 495, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-93

  Teegavarapu, Ramesh S V ^a   Goly, Aneesh ^a   Obeysekera, Jayantha ^b  

^a Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO); Bootstrap; Depth duration frequency (DDF) curves; Extreme precipitation; Florida; Parametric and nonparametric tests

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; BOOTSTRAP; DEPTH-DURATION-FREQUENCY (DDF) CURVES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; FLORIDA; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST;

RAIN; STATISTICAL TESTS;

LASERS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE FORCING; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878373198     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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