Empirical study of extreme rainfall intensity in a semi-arid environment at different time scales

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 100-101, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-71

  Camarasa Belmonte, A M ^a   Soriano, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude; Distance to the sea; Extreme event; Mediterranean climate; Rainfall intensity; Time scale

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84887154248     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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