Streamf ow data preparation for regional food frequency analysis: Lessons from southeast Australia

Australian Journal of Water Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-32

  Haddad, K ^a   Rahman, A ^a   Weinmann, P E ^b   Kuczera, G ^c   Ball, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOODS;

AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL AND RUNOFFS; DATA PREPARATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA; SPATIAL COVERAGE; STANDARD ERROR OF PREDICTION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

RAIN;

DATA SET; FOOD QUALITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77954571780     PISSN: 13241583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13241583.2010.11465371     Document Type: Article

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