Frequency analysis of seasonal Extreme precipitation in southern Quebec (Canada): An evaluation of regional climate model simulation with respect to two gridded datasets

Hydrology Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-133

  Benyahya, Loubna ^a   Gachon, Philippe ^a,b   St Hilaire, André ^c   Laprise, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Duration and occurrence; Frequency analysis; Precipitation extremes; Seasonal maximum series

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DURATION AND OCCURRENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; INTENSITYDURATION-FREQUENCY (IDF); NON-STATIONARY CONDITION; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION; SEASONAL MAXIMUM SERIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84896510817     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.066     Document Type: Article

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