A statistical model of extreme storm rainfall

J. A. Smith; A. F. Karr

doi:10.1029/JD095iD03p02083

A statistical model of extreme storm rainfall

J. A. Smith, A. F. Karr

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A model of storm rainfall is developed for the central Appalachian region of the United States. The model represents the temporal occurrence of major storms and, for a given storm, the spatial distribution of storm rainfall. Spatial inhomogeneities of storm rainfall and temporal inhomogeneities of the storm occurrence process are explicitly represented. The model is used for estimating recurrence intervals of extreme storms. The parameter estimation procedure developed for the model is based on the substitution principle (method of moments) and requires data from a network of rain gages. The model is applied to a 5000 mi² (12,950 km²) region in the Valley and Ridge Province of Virginia and West Virginia. -Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2083-2092
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume	95
Issue number	D3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/JD095iD03p02083
State	Published - 1990

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Forestry
Aquatic Science
Soil Science
Water Science and Technology
Earth-Surface Processes
Geochemistry and Petrology
Geophysics
Oceanography
Palaeontology
Ecology
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Space and Planetary Science
Atmospheric Science

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