Floodplain management in Africa: Large scale analysis of flood data

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 292-298

  Padi, Philip Tetteh ^a   Baldassarre, Giuliano Di ^b   Castellarin, Attilio ^c  

^a Volta River Authority   (Ghana)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

African continent; Flood frequency analysis; Record breaking floods; Regional envelope curves

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CONTINENT; ANNUAL MAXIMUM FLOW; ENVELOPE CURVE; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; FLOOD RISKS; FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; LARGE-SCALE ANALYSIS; RECORD BREAKING FLOODS; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ENVELOPE CURVES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIMES SERIES;

FLOOD CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONAL PLANNING;

FLOODS;

DATABASE; DISCHARGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 79955163441     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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