Reed, D.W., Stewart, E.J. 1994. Inter-site and inter-duration dependence in rainfall extremes. In: "Statistics for the environment 2: water-related issues" (eds Barnett, V., Turkman, K.F.), Wiley, Chichester, 125–143.
A preamble sets the context in which hydrologists require generalized rainfall depth-duration-frequency relationships. The paper discusses the pooling of annual maximum data and argues for flexible methods that yield consistent rainfall estimates at neighbouring sites, durations, and return periods. A specific study of inter-site and inter-duration dependence is presented for short-duration rainfall extremes in Melbourne, and some applications of dependence models identified and elaborated. A final section sets the context to a separate research topic which may appeal to statisticians: the generation of multi-site, or gridded, rainfall series that are spatially consistent.