Nonstationary precipitation intensity-duration-frequency curves for infrastructure design in a changing climate

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cheng, Linyin ^a   Aghakouchak, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84923374970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07093     Document Type: Article

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