Assessing the impact of climate and land use changes on extreme floods in a large tropical catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 490, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-105

  Jothityangkoon, Chatchai ^a   Hirunteeyakul, Chow ^a   Boonrawd, Kowit ^a   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^b,c  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

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

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound channel; Dam safety; Probable Maximum Flood (PMF); Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP); Rainfall runoff model

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND CHANNEL; DAM SAFETY; PROBABLE MAXIMUM FLOODS; PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORESTATION; DESIGN; DIGITAL STORAGE; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; RUNOFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER BUDGET;

DEFORESTATION; FLOODS; LAND USE; PLANTS; PRECIPITATION; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; PING RIVER; THAILAND;

EID: 84876823013     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.036     Document Type: Article

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