Selection of intense rainfall events based on intensity thresholds and lightning data in Switzerland

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1561-1573

  Gaal L ^a,b,c   Molnar, P ^a   Szolgay, J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN;

DIFFERENT ORIGINS; INTENSITY THRESHOLD; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MISCLASSIFICATION RATES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC CORRELATIONS; SELECTION METHODS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84900007552     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1561-2014     Document Type: Article

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