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Main Title

Generalized estimates of probable maximum precipitation and rainfall-frequency data for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands for areas to 400 square miles, durations to 24 hours, and return periods from 1 to 100 years /

CORP Author

United States. Weather Bureau.

Publisher

U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau,

Year Published

1961

OCLC Number

794666022

Subjects

Storms--Puerto Rico ; Storms--Virgin Islands ; Precipitation forecasting--Puerto Rico ; Precipitation forecasting--Virgin Islands ; Rain and rainfall--Puerto Rico ; Rain and rainfall--Virgin Islands ; Lesser Antilles--Virgin Islands ; Precipitation (Meteorology)--Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands ; Puerto Rico--Precipitation (Meteorology) ; Virgin Islands--Precipitation (Meteorology)

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified	Checkout Status
EIAD	C 30.28 42		Region 2 Library/New York,NY	12/12/2003
EKBD	USWB/TD-042		Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC	08/31/2011

Collation

[v], 94 pages : charts, maps, tables ; 26 cm.

Notes

At head of title: U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau. Prepared by the Cooperative Studies Section, Hydrologic Services Division, U.S. Weather Bureau for the Engineering Division, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents Notes

Introduction. pp. 1. Chapter 1. Tropical storms. Chapter 2. The hurricane model. pp. 9. Chapter 3. Probable maximum precipitation. pp. 21. Chapter 4. Rainfall-frequency data. pp. 34. References. pp. 89. Appendix A. Probable maximum precipitation for local cloudbursts. pp. 90. Appendix B. Glossary. pp. 93. This report presents rainfall data for various hydrologic design problems involving areas up to 400 sq. mi. and rainfall durations up to 24 hours (1) probable maximum precipitation (PMP) from cloudbursts and hurricanes, and (2) rainfall-intensity-frequency data for return periods from 1 to 100 years.