An analysis of change in alpine annual maximum discharges: Implications for the selection of design discharges

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1517-1526

  Castellarin, Attilio ^a   Pistocchi, Alberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b GECOsistema srl   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design flood; Environmental change; Flood frequency analysis; Swiss alpine catchments

Indexed keywords

ALPINE BASIN; ALPINE CATCHMENTS; ANNUAL MAXIMA; ANNUAL MAXIMUM SERIES; ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSE; CHANGE-POINTS; DESIGN DISCHARGE; DESIGN-FLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD FLOW; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOOD QUANTILES; FREEZING POINT; FREQUENCY REGIMES; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; NON-PARAMETRIC; RETURN PERIODS; SIGN TEST; STUDY AREAS; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING;

FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; TESTING;

CATCHMENTS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; DESIGN FLOOD; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860537508     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8249     Document Type: Article

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