A method to linearly evaluate rainfall frequency-intensity distribution

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 928-934

  Li, Jian ^a   Yu, Rucong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DISTRIBUTION CURVES; DOUBLE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL FREQUENCY;

RAIN;

CLIMATOLOGY; DECADAL VARIATION; MONSOON; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 84898002747     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0272.1     Document Type: Article

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