Distribution choice for the assessment of design rainfall for the city of London (Ontario, Canada) under climate change

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-129

  Das, S ^a   Millington, N ^a   Simonovic, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme value modeling; IDF curve

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EXTREME VALUE; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE (GEV) DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; IDF CURVES; INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY CURVES; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

BASIN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CANADA; CITY OF LONDON; ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874878618     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: 12086029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2011-0548     Document Type: Article

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