Annual maximum daily rainfall trends in the Midwest, southeast and southern Brazil in the last 71 years

The aim of this study was to model, based on the overall distribution of extreme values, the probability of occurrence of a particular level of annual maximum daily rainfall in three Brazilian regions (Midwest, Southeast and South) and study their behavior over the past 71 years. The parameters of t...

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Main Authors: José Ruy Porto de Carvalho, Eduardo Delgado Assad, Aryeverton Fortes de Oliveira, Hilton Silveira Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094714000802