Simple scaling of extreme precipitation in North America

Extreme precipitation is highly variable in space and time. It is therefore important to characterize precipitation intensity distributions on several temporal and spatial scales. This is a key issue in infrastructure design and risk analysis, for which intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. Innocenti, A. Mailhot, A. Frigon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-11-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/5823/2017/hess-21-5823-2017.pdf