Climatic and physical factors that influence the homogeneity of regional floods in southeastern Australia

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3369-3381

  Bates, Bryson C ^a,c   Rahman, Ataur ^b   Mein, Russell G ^b   Weinmann, P Erwin ^b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOOD; HOMOGENEITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RUNOFF;

AUSTRALIA;

FLOOD CONTROL; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

BASIN CHARACTERISTICS; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCIES; REGIONAL HOMOGENEITY; RUNOFF GENERATION; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLOODS;

EID: 0032410249     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR02521     Document Type: Article

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