Temporal scales and hydrological regimes: Implications for flood frequency scaling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2981-2999

  Robinson, Justin S ^a   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; SCALING; VARIABILITY;

CATCHMENT STUDY; FLOOD FREQUENCY CURVE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS;

CATCHMENT RESPONSE TIME; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY CURVE; FLOOD FREQUENCY MODELS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 0030659491     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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