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Please note that the calculations from Fitzgerald (2007) are now superseded with the publication of the most up to date data by Mateus and Coonan (2023), available here under ‘Rainfall Return Period’.
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Method used in the Estimation of Point Rainfall Frequencies
Fitzgerald, D. L. 2007. Estimation of point rainfall frequencies. Technical Note no. 61. Dublin: Met Éireann. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/70546
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