A conceptual investigation of process controls upon flood frequency: Role of thresholds

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1405-1416

  Struthers, I ^a   Sivapalan, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RETURN PERIOD; THRESHOLD;

EID: 34547284102     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1405-2007     Document Type: Article

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