Trends in flood magnitude, frequency and seasonality in Germany in the period 1951-2002

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 371, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 129-141

  Petrow, Theresia ^a   Merz, Bruno ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floods; Germany; Land use change; Non stationarity; Trend

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; BASIN AREAS; FLOOD BEHAVIORS; GERMANY; LAND USE CHANGE; NON-STATIONARITY; PEAK-OVER-THRESHOLD SERIES; SEASONAL ANALYSIS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONALITY; TIME PERIODS; TREND;

FLOODS; GAGES; LAND USE; RAIN; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; LAND USE CHANGE; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 65549163043     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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