Quantifying drought risk in a nonstationary climate

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1019-1031

  Verdon Kidd, Danielle C ^a   Kiem, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Interannual variability; Interdecadal variability; Rainfall; Risk assessment; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77958605749     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1215.1     Document Type: Article

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