Extreme rainfall at Malaysia’s highlands / Aminuddin Mohd Baki, Ismail Atan and Fazzarieyyah Abd Halim

• Main Authors: Mohd Baki, Aminuddin, Atan, Ismail, Abd Halim, Fazzarieyyah
• Format: Research Reports
• Language: English
• Published: Research Management Institute (RMI) 2012
• Subjects: Geomorphology. Landforms. Terrain; Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21035/1/LP_AMINUDDIN%20MOHD%20BAKI%20RMI%2012_5.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21035/

Many of the extreme rainfall events led to flash-flooding and consequent loss of life and substantial property damage. Therefore there is an urgent need to be able to forecast this event accurately Gumbel distribution is among the common probabilistic models used in hydrological extremes especially...