A probabilistic approach for estimating return period of extreme annual rainfall in different cities of Punjab

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2599-2606

  Iqbal, M J ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Annual rainfall; Extreme value distribution; Punjab; Return period

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; RETURN PERIOD; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DRAINAGE;

LAHORE; MURREE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SIALKOT;

EID: 84879577686     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0548-z     Document Type: Article

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