Flood frequency hydrology: 1. Temporal, spatial, and causal expansion of information

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Merz, Ralf ^a   Blöschl, Günter ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; FLOOD CONTROL; FORMAL METHODS; HYDROLOGY; WATER;

AUSTRIA; ESTIMATION PROBLEMS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; SITE OF INTEREST; SITE-SPECIFIC;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 53849124007     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006744     Document Type: Article

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