Design flood flows with climate change: Method and limitations

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 553-565

  Darch, Geoffrey John Caedmon ^a   Jones, Philip Douglas ^b  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floods and floodworks; Hydrology and water resource; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; DESIGN FLOOD; ENGLAND; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; FLOOD ESTIMATION; FLOOD FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCE; MINIMAL REPRESENTATION; PEAK FLOWS; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; RIVER EDEN; SUB-CATCHMENT; WEATHER; FLOODS AND FLOODWORKS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHERING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; WATER LEVEL; WATER RESOURCE; CLIMATE MODELING; FLOOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CUMBRIA; EDEN RIVER; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871069888     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.12.00024     Document Type: Article

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