Extreme daily rainfall event distribution patterns in Kansas

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 707-716

  Rahmani, Vahid ^a   Hutchinson, Stacy L ^a   Hutchinson, J M Shawn ^b   Anandhi, Aavudai ^b  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme rainfall; Kansas state; Rainfall distribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; EXTREME RAINFALL; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; KANSAS STATE; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGY; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEIBULL THEORY;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896283889     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000839     Document Type: Article

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