Changing estimates of design precipitation in Northeastern Illinois: Comparison between different sources and sensitivity analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 211-222

  Markus, Momcilo ^a   Angel, James R ^a   Yang, Lin ^b   Hejazi, Mohamad I ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

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

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulletin 70; Climate variability; HEC HMS; L moments; NOAA NWS Atlas 14; Northeastern Illinois; NWS TP 40; Precipitation frequency

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN;

FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; METROPOLITAN AREA; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35748956746     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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