One-day extreme rainfall statistics for the Prairie Provinces / by D.M. Pollock and G.J. Gaye.: En57-23/5-73E-PDF
"Maps are presented giving the one-day extreme rainfalls for the Prairie Provinces with return periods of 2, 5, 10, 25 and 100 years calculated by the Gumbel method. In addition, maps are presented gjving the mean and standard deviation of the annual series of maximum one-day rainfalls. These maps are based on all available data prior to 1972 from 1061 stations in the Prairie Provinces equipped with standard, non-recording rain gauges. The general pattern is for the heaviest rainfalls to occur in southwestern Manitoba and along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta while the smallest extreme rainfalls occur in the northern regions"--Abstract.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service. |
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| Title | One-day extreme rainfall statistics for the Prairie Provinces / by D.M. Pollock and G.J. Gaye. |
| Series title | CLI ; 5-73 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (page 4). Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | Downsview, Ontario :Environment Canada, Atmospheric Environment = Environnement Canada, Environnement atmosphérique, 1973. |
| Author / Contributor | Pollock, D. M., author. Gaye, G. J., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (4, [21] pages) : maps. |
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| Subject terms | Precipitation |
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