What is the return period of intense rainfall events in the capital cities of the northeast region of Brazil?
Abstract The northeast of Brazil is characterized by a semiarid climate, in which there is a considerable temporal and spatial variability in the distribution of rainfall. In this region, the occurrence of intense rainfall events (IREs) causes severe damage to the population, given that the rampant...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-10-01
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Series: | Atmospheric Science Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.934 |