The probability distribution of intense daily precipitation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1560-1567

  Cavanaugh, Nicholas R ^a,b   Gershunov, Alexander ^b   Panorska, Anna K ^c   Kozubowski, Tomasz J ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme; Pareto; precipitation; probability; weather station

Indexed keywords

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EXTREME; HEAVY-TAILED; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; PARETO; PROBABILITY: DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL STRUCTURE; WEATHER STATIONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 84925850710     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063238     Document Type: Article

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