Step changes in the flood frequency curve: Process controls

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Rogger, M ^a   Pirkl, H ^b   Viglione, A ^a   Komma, J ^a   Kohl, B ^c   Kirnbauer, R ^a   Merz, R ^d   Blschl, G ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Technical Office for Geology Dr Herbert Pirkl   (Austria)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE CATCHMENTS; DESIGN FLOOD ESTIMATION; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; FLOOD FREQUENCY CURVE; FLOOD PEAK; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RAINFALL MODELS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; RETURN PERIODS; RUNOFF MODEL; SMALL CATCHMENT; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STEP CHANGES; STORAGE CAPACITY; SURFACE RUNOFF GENERATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RUNOFF; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CATCHMENTS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; FIELD SURVEY; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER STORAGE;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84858059879     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011187     Document Type: Article

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