Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Rainfall across the United States

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1301-1309

  Zhu, Jianting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment factor; Climate change; Extreme rainfall; Reanalysis.

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS; CLIMATE CONDITION; EXTREME RAINFALL; FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; PLANNING AND DESIGN; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL VARIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS; STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; STORM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884369863     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000725     Document Type: Article

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