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Key Points We analyze the annual maximum daily rainfall in 15137 sites all over the world We find that Frechet extreme value distribution prevails over the Gumbel one We construct a global map of the shape parameter of the distribution
Water Resources Research – Wiley
Published: Jan 1, 2013
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