Getting from here to where? Flood frequency analysis and climate

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 506-513

  Stedinger, Jery R ^a   Griffis, Veronica W ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Flood frequency analysis; Statistics; Surface water hydrology; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE; FEDERAL AGENCY; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOOD RISKS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; STATIONARITY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GUIDELINE; HISTORICAL RECORD; SURFACE WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957953452     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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