How does the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation affect design floods in Australia?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Pui, A ^a   Lal, A ^a   Sharma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; AUSTRALIA; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DAILY RAINFALL; DESIGN FLOOD; DESIGN STORMS; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FLOOD HYDROLOGY; FLOOD RISKS; HIGH QUALITY; INTER-DECADAL PACIFIC OSCILLATIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY MODES; NATURAL CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

CATCHMENTS; DESIGN; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79958030358     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009420     Document Type: Article

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