A risk-based approach to the design of rural water supply catchments across Western Australia

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 709-727

  Hipsey, Matthew R ^a   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a   Menabde, Merab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bounded random cascade; Catchment design; Engineered catchment; Rural water supply; Spatial interpolation; Stochastic rainfall model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER-BALANCE MODELS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DESIGN; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0142040761     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.48.5.709.51456     Document Type: Article

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