The estimation of design rainfalls for South Africa using a regional scale invariant approach

Water SA

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-444

  Smithers, J C ^a   Schulze, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Design rainfall; Extreme rainfall; Rainfall probability; Regionalisation; Scaling; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGINEERING DESIGNS; RAINFALL ESTIMATION;

RAIN;

DESIGN FLOOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 8444240138     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v30i4.5095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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