Characterization and indexing of heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-36

  Wu, Manchi ^a   Lam, Hilda ^a   Li, Kinwai ^a  

^a Hong Kong Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Indexing; Rainstroms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER PREVENTION; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); RAIN;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HEAVY RAIN EVENT; HONG-KONG; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LOSS OF LIFE; RAINSTROMS; SEVERITY INDEX;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; INDEX METHOD; RAINSTORM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84921630465     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1397     Document Type: Article

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