Transcending limitations of stationarity and the return period: Process-based approach to flood estimation and risk assessment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1671-1675

  Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a,b,c   Samuel, Jos M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 65949123799     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7292     Document Type: Note

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