Setting design inflows to hydrodynamic flood models using a dependence model

Hydrology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 663-674

  Faulkner, Duncan ^a   Keef, Caroline ^a   Martin, John ^b  

^a JBA CONSULTING   (United Kingdom)

^b Office of Public Works   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Design event; Flood modelling; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENCE MODEL; DESIGN FLOOD; FLOOD FLOW; FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS; FLOOD MODELLING; FLOOD MODELS; FLOOD PEAK; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; IRELAND; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION MODEL; RELATIVE TIMING; RETURN PERIODS; RIVER MODEL; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CATCHMENTS; DESIGN; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; DESIGN; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84870784475     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.018     Document Type: Article

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