Distributed modeling of extreme floods on large watersheds

World Water Congress 2005: Impacts of Global Climate Change - Proceedings of the 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 470-

  England Jr , John F ^a   Julien, Pierre Y ^b   Velleux, Mark L ^b   Smith, James A ^c  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED WATERSHED MODELS; EXTRAPOLATE FREQUENCY CURVES; RAIN GAGE NETWORKS; STORM TRANSPOSITION CONCEPTS;

GRAPH THEORY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODS;

EID: 37249072776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40792(173)470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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