Thresholds in the storm response of a catchment-lake system and the occurrence and magnitude of lake overflows: Implications for flood frequency

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Kusumastuti, Dyah I ^a   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a,b   Struthers, Iain ^a   Reynolds, David A ^a   Murray, Kevin ^a   Turlach, Berwin 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

FLOODS; GRAPH THEORY; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENT RUNOFF; DOMINANT CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; GRAPH THEORY; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITIGATION; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; STORM;

EID: 41149159556     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005628     Document Type: Article

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