Quantification of anticipated future changes in high resolution design rainfall for urban areas

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-363

  Onof, C ^a   Arnbjerg Nielsen, K ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Stochastic rainfall generator; Urban drainage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RANDOM PROCESSES; STORMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; DENMARK; DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS; EXTREME POINTS; EXTREME RAINFALLS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION DESIGNS; MULTI-SCALING; RANDOM PARAMETERS; RECTANGULAR PULSE; SEWER SYSTEMS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; STOCHASTIC RAINFALL GENERATOR; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DRAINAGE;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; URBAN DRAINAGE;

EID: 62849086977     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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