Effect of storm movement on flood peaks: Analysis framework based on characteristic timescales

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Seo, Yongwon ^a   Schmidt, Arthur R ^a   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a,b  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SIZE; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; FLOOD PEAK; PEAK RESPONSE; RAINFALL DURATION; RELATIVE SIZES; RESONANCE CONDITION; SPACE SCALE; SUBCATCHMENTS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TIME-SCALES;

CATCHMENTS; THUNDERSTORMS; TRAVEL TIME;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODING; FLOW VELOCITY; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; STORM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIMESCALE; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84861393818     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011761     Document Type: Article

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