Regional flood frequency analysis in arid regions: A case study for Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-83

  Zaman, Mohammad A ^a   Rahman, Ataur ^a   Haddad, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid region; Australia; Floods; Growth curve; Regional flood frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA; DATA SETS; DESIGN FLOOD; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GROWTH CURVES; HUMID REGIONS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; L-MOMENTS; LARGE PARTS; LIMITED DATA; MODEL SELECTION CRITERIA; PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; RAINFALL INTENSITY; REASONABLE ACCURACY; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SCALING FACTORS; SEMI ARID; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT; WIDESPREAD DAMAGE;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; DESIGN; FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF;

FLOODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARID REGION; ARIDITY; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DIAGRAM; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870253272     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.054     Document Type: Article

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