Addressing climatic non-stationarity in the assessment of food risk

Australian Journal of Water Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Westra, S ^a   Varley, I ^b   Jordan, P ^b   Nathan, R ^b   Ladson, A ^b   Sharma, A ^a   Hill, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; INSTRUMENTAL PRECIPITATION; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NON-STATIONARITIES; RAINFALL - RUNOFF MODELLING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954602723     PISSN: 13241583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13241583.2010.11465370     Document Type: Review

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