The efficacy of using gridded data to examine extreme rainfall characteristics: A case study for Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2376-2387

  King, Andrew D ^a   Alexander, Lisa V ^a   Donat, Markus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Extreme rainfall; Gridded data; Observations

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUSTRALIA; EXTREME RAINFALL; GRIDDED DATA; HEAVY RAINFALL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OBSERVATIONS; RAINFALL EXTREMES;

CLIMATOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; INTERPOLATION; RAINFALL; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84880773864     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3588     Document Type: Article

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