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mass curve of rainfall [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

(...) are equivalent to recording-rain-gauge traces (...) are reconstructed, are drawn to pass through plotted values of accumulated precipitation, and to fit characteristics determined by isochronal and other analysis (...) are also useful in preparing hyetographs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

(...) sont l'équivalent des courbes tracées par les pluviomètres enregistreurs (...) sont construites et dessinées de façon à passer par des valeurs de précipitation cumulative portées sur graphique et à s'ajuster aux caractéristiques déterminées par analyse des isochrones ou autres analyses (...) sont aussi utiles pour préparer les hyétogrammes.

Spanish

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