Threshold effects in catchment storm response and the occurrence and magnitude of flood events: Implications for flood frequency

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1515-1528

  Kusumastuti, D I ^a   Struthers, I ^a   Sivapalan, M ^a,b   Reynolds, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; STOCHASTICITY; THRESHOLD; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 34548091337     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1515-2007     Document Type: Article

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